Process Explorations Summer Finale: Wisdom for Building Alternative Futures
Event Type:
- Dialogue, Presentation
- (Online)
Program:
- Process Explorations
Theme:
- Building Alternative Futures
Featuring:
- Mary Elizabeth Moore
Organizers:
- Center for Process Studies
This session marks the finale of a six-month series in Process Explorations – “Building Alternative Futures.” The theme echoes the 2015 conference sponsored by John B. Cobb, Jr., “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization.” It also underscores the urgency of the present moment in global history, seeking to analyze the present, imagine the potential futures before us, and build toward those futures.
A key feature of process thinking is the metaphysical insight that the world is perpetually changing and that change may open transformation toward the good, beautiful, and true, or change toward destruction, or both. The present age is marked by wars blaring, imperialistic powers laying claim to countries and peoples that they deem inferior or weaker, and authoritarian governance by greed and cruelty in many parts of the world. In such a time, the future looks frightening unless the peoples of this world are able to imagine, propose, and build alternatives. The concern for building alternative futures has been at the heart of our present series.
During the series, we have analyzed severe perils and new possibilities, such as climate change and ecological civilization; racism and post-racism; leadership and social change; youth empowerment; spiritual pathways toward transformation (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist); experiences of presence; education; public health; economic governance; love-centered theology; and criminal justice. Each of these explorations has opened doors to either perils or possibilities or both.
As we conclude the series, we celebrate the finale with wisdom from our process mentors and friends, poetry, music, art, and conversation. Presenters include the following:
- Bob Mesle
- Dick Bunce
- Jay McDaniel
- Lynn DeJonghe
- Mary Elizabeth Moore
- Meijun Wong
- Rolla Lewis
- Sheri Kling
- Thandeka
- Veronica Michalowski
We look forward to a summer finale that sparks a moment of vision and a movement of hope. Then, on September 15, we will begin Process Explorations anew with a fall and winter series.
Featuring
Mary Elizabeth Moore
Mary Elizabeth Moore is Professor Emerita of Theology and Education and Dean Emerita of the School of Theology, Boston University, and she has held several roles in the Center for Process Studies. Her passion is to journey with others to build compassionate and prophetic communities, and a more just, peaceful, and ecologically thriving world. Central to that work is building intercultural, interracial, and interreligious relationships. She has written numerous books, including Sacramental Teaching; Teaching from the Heart; and Ministering with the Earth, as well as co-edited volumes such as Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World and Deep Understanding for Divisive Times. She has also published numerous articles on dignity, ecological justice, white privilege, gender and sexuality, and practical wisdom. Her latest joy is writing poetry, and her most recent book is So Much to Love, So Much to Lose. Mary Elizabeth and her late husband Allen have 5 wonderful children and 8 fabulous grandchildren.
RSVP for this Event
Free Online Event
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