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An Actological Metaphysic

An actology—introduced by the first book in this series, Actology: Action, Change and Diversity in the Western Philosophical Tradition—understands reality as action in changing patterns. Actological Readings in Continental Philosophy… Read More »An Actological Metaphysic

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Drawing Processes of Life - Molecules, Cells, Organisms

An artist sketching cell division faces a problem: what is the best way to visually represent a dynamic process? This anthology, edited by an artist and a philosopher of science,… Read More »Drawing Processes of Life: Molecules, Cells, Organisms

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Creation Spirituality: A Theology by Richard E. Kuykendall

A Systemic Theology sounds like a work that will close debate, shut down questions, and attempt to sit conclusively on a shelf. In this novel undertaking, the author has borrowed… Read More »Creation Spirituality: A Theology

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On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics by O'neil Van Horn

Climate change is here. Its ravaging effects will upend our interconnected ecosystems, and yet those effects will play out disproportionately among the planet’s nearly 8 billion human inhabit­ants. On the… Read More »On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics

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indigo: the color of grief

indigo is thejoy and lament of ahuman beingtheologianfather fashioning new ideas about the divinewithin the painfulloss of his daughterwithin the constraints of his own intelligencewithin the constraints of what religionhad… Read More »indigo: the color of grief

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Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics

Much of early environmental ethics was born out of the belief that the ecological crisis can only truly be solved by overcoming a pernicious worldview that limits all intrinsic value… Read More »Value, Beauty, and Nature: The Philosophy of Organism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Environmental Ethics

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America's Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours by Michael A Flannery

This book examines the ideas and influences of a nearly forgotten Swedish-American philosopher, John Elof Boodin (1869-1950). A friend and student of William James and protégé of Josiah Royce at… Read More »America’s Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours

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Macroevolution, Contingency, and Divine Activity Divine Involvement through Uncontrolling, Amorepotent Love in an Evolutionary World

What are the things that God values in the creative process? How does one define God’s activity in such a world? How is God’s involvement different from a contingent–what this… Read More »Macroevolution, Contingency, and Divine Activity: Divine Involvement through Uncontrolling, Amorepotent Love in an Evolutionary World

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The Power of the God Who Can't God Always Does Everything God Can Do by Russ Dean

In a world that values power above all else, we need to rethink God. It’s not just better athletes and bigger engines, but weapons of mass destruction, assault rifles, lethal… Read More »The Power of the God Who Can’t: God Always Does Everything God Can Do

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Virginia Woolf as a Process-Oriented Thinker Parallels between Woolf’s Fiction and Process Philosophy

Virginia Woolf as a Process-Oriented Thinker: Parallels Between Woolf’s Fiction and Process Philosophy introduces Virginia Woolf as a nondualist and process-oriented thinker whose ideas are, despite no direct influence, strikingly… Read More »Virginia Woolf as a Process-Oriented Thinker: Parallels between Woolf’s Fiction and Process Philosophy

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