Teilhard and Whitehead on Hope with Jay McDaniel and Ernie Tamminga
Join Jay McDaniel, PhD and Ernie Tamminga, PhD to explore the shared vision of Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead who see the universe as an evolutionary process with inwardness present from the beginning.
Process Explorations: The US and its Global Leadership for Refugees with Eric Shafer, Sid Mohn, and Karla Leitzman
In the aftermath of World War 2, the United States emerged as a leader in the resettlement of persons displaced by war. With the birth of the United Nations, the global community articulated a commitment to the protection of refugees to which the US was party, and which was ultimately codified into U.S. law in 1980. The Trump Administration in its first term significantly reduced refugee admissions and within the initial weeks of Trump’s second Administration, all refugee admissions were suspended. The Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn, The Rev. Eric Shafer, and Karla Leitzman will join us for a discussion of the history of refugee resettlement and its current realities.
Philosophy, Cultural Evolution, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis: A Lecture and Dialogue between Iain McGilchrist and Steve McIntosh
Join the Center for Process Studies and the Institute for Cultural Evolution for an engaging webinar featuring the pioneering neuroscientist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist, alongside integral philosopher Steve McIntosh. This event delves into the intersection of philosophy, cultural evolution, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis, beginning with a lecture by Iain McGilchrist, followed by a moderated dialogue with Steve McIntosh and audience Q&A.
Process Explorations: Healing our Collective Pain: Whitehead, Jung, and Transformation with Sheri Kling
To heal our fragmentation, we must seek an understanding of both the cosmos and the psyche that unifies rather than divides. In this talk, Sheri D. Kling, Ph.D., will offer Whitehead and Jung as integrating resources that reveal a Reality that shows us that we matter, we belong, and we can experience positive change.
Process Explorations: The Untrolling Project with Thandeka & Jennifer Jennings
Untrolling America is a new multimedia series created by Thandeka and Jennifer Jennings as part of a grassroots initiative to unite Americans across their partisan divides and cultural war battlefields. Thandeka and Jennifer will ask us to reflect after a screening of the first episode of Untrolling America.
Process Pop-Up: A Tale of Two Narratives: Judeo-Christian Perspectives on Creation and Salvation
This Process Pop-Up explores two major Judeo-Christian grand narratives: Fall/Redemption and Creation/Restoration. Dr. Gayle Hansen Browne will examine the historical development of these narratives, compare their perspectives on key theological themes, and discuss how the narrative Christians adopt shapes their spiritual and everyday lives.
Process Explorations: As We Think, We Live: Critical Challenges for Educational Systems and Teachers with Chris Hughes
At the heart of Whitehead’s thinking is a healing unity. For many people a first encounter with Whitehead’s vision is a romance, a felt sense in the body, a shift in the ground under their feet. Whitehead himself saw romance as the first, and necessary, stage of deep learning. I think we can spark such a romance in young people. PROcess is a first attempt in this direction. This session explores both the need and the how of this attempt.
Process Pop-Up: The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology, Spirituality, and Social Change
In this Pop-Up, Bruce Epperly will draw from his book The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology, Spirituality, and Social Change to explore the intersecting spiritual visions of two towering figures: Alfred North Whitehead, the eminent philosopher and process theologian, and Howard Thurman, the influential African American mystic, theologian, and civil rights leader.
Frontiers of Knowledge
Join our partners Saturday, September 13 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen for Frontiers of Knowledge, a mind-expanding day of conversation with world-renowned scientists, philosophers, and authors. This fast-paced symposium explores a radically new story of the universe — one that challenges long-held assumptions about mind, matter, and meaning. From the origin of life to the nature of consciousness, you'll engage with leading thinkers who are reshaping how we see the world and ourselves.
Process Pop-Up: Psychedelics, Religion, and Transformation
The intersection of psychedelics and Christianity provides an opportunity for spiritual and emotional healing, where psychedelics can mediate profound mystical experiences that deepen rather than diminish Christian faith. These experiences can help Christians overcome fear, connect directly with God's presence, and integrate such encounters into their own lives and ministry, as well as into the ministry of the Church.
Liberating Theology and Ethics for the Common Good: The Contribution of Schubert M. Ogden and Franklin I. Gamwell
Join Southern Methodist University for a day-long conference honoring the achievement and assessing the legacy of two of the most important Christian theological and moral thinkers of the last half-century: Schubert M. Ogden, of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology, and Franklin I. Gamwell, of the University of Chicago Divinity School.
The 2025 Pando Sustainability Awards
The 2025 Pando Sustainability Awards honor the project-based work of LA’s young people and practical visionaries who care. The event will be held at Caltech and celebrate the success of Pando Days projects produced over the 2024-25 school year.