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The Center for Process Studies is excited to share below the recent press release from the Center for Open and Relational Theology which reveals the increasing influence of open, relational, and process theologians in the last decade. Study Shows Open and Relational Theologians Among Most Influential in Recent Decades August 2021 – A new study by Academic Influence reveals that open and relational thinkers…

My Indissoluble Bond with Whitehead   Zhonghui Yan[1]   “Whitehead’s philosophy is perhaps the summit of the entire Western tradition,” claims Albert W. Levi, historian of philosophy, in his book Whitehead’s Philosophy, “Philosophy and the Contemporary World”. According to Zhang Junmai, “Among contemporary philosophers, Whitehead is the only one who can combine the principles of…

Deep Appreciations from Meijun and Zhihe   Dear Friends, Many thanks must go to you for taking your precious time to participate in yesterday’s special event, “International Summit Forum on Ecological Civilization and the Second Enlightenment & Celebrating Dr. Cobb 96 Birthday.” It was really a great event. More than 180 Chinese and non-Chinese process…

On January 9, 2021, the International Symposium to commemorate the centenary of the publication of Whitehead’s the Concept of Nature was held in Zhuhai. The conference was co-sponsored by the Whole Person Education Office of the Beijing Normal UniversityHong Kong Baptist University United  International College and the honorary College of Zhuhai College of Beijing Polytechnic…

60 process scholars and Ph.D students including Dr. Cobb, Philip Clayton, Andrew Schwartz, Yu, Yih-hsien(TunghaiUniversity), Peter Zhang（Grand Valley State University）,Hank Keeton, Roger Coe, Fubin Yang, Haipeng Guo, Xianjin Xiao, Yaonan Zhang, Qizhi Yu, Kun Wang, and Li Yang, Meijun Fan, and Zhihe Wang, participated in this important event. The symposium was sponsored by Honors College of Beijing Institute of Technology…

The 14th International Symposium on Whitehead Children Wisdom Education and the 3rd International Forum on Natural Education was held on December 27, 2020, in Beijing Whitehead Kindergarten. 20 speakers Chinese and Non-Chinese including Dr.John Cobb, Pat Beiting, Jay McDaniel, Paul Bube, Kavin Clark, Meijun Fan, Zhihe Wang, Xiaoting Liu, Yuehou Qu, Chuanping Fan, Shuzhen Xiao, Liying…

John H. Gingrich, Dean Emeritus and professor of religion and philosophy at the University of La Verne, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at the age of 79. John was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania to John and Miriam Gingrich. The second of four siblings, he was raised in the Church…

International Symposium on “Covid-19 and Process Philosophy”, August 23, 2020(Online meeting) Theme: What Process Thought Can Do in Post-Covid-19 Times? Participants from the US are: Philip Clayton, Andrew Schwartz, Kevin Clark, Bonnie, John Becker, Meijun Fan and Zhihe Wang   2020 China Chongqing (Wulong) International Forum on Green Development Practice, Wulong, Chongqing, August26-28，2020 Theme: Exploring New Practical…

Political Theology and the Powers of Democracy: American Thought for the Anthropocene Saint Paul, Minnesota | June 15-18, 2020 For its 2020 annual conference, the Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought will attend to the issues raised by Michael S. Hogue in his American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018). In a…