Events
The US and its Global Leadership for Refugees | 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.
Healing our Collective Pain: Whitehead, Jung, and Transformation | 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.
The Untrolling Project | Thandeka and 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.
As We Think, We Live: Critical Challenges for Educational Systems and Teachers | 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.
Process Pop-Up: The Hidden Sacred
If God has been luring reality toward quality and beauty for vast ages, and yet there is still so much suffering in the universe, then do we have reasons to hope that our afterlives will be wonderful rather than more of the same? In this pop-up, Tim Miller will offer several imaginative scenarios illustrating that our hopes for glorious afterlives might be justified.
Process Pop-Up: Creation out of Nothing and the Ultimacy of Love
If we can imagine an open and relational—or even process—perspective that remains open to the idea of creation out of nothing, the key question becomes: Could such a perspective interpret creation out of nothing as an act of amipotent love rather than dominating power? Might creatio ex nihilo be reimagined, not as a display of unilateral control, but as the first expression of a divine relationality that honors the freedom and value of all that follows? These are the kinds of questions that Lina Langby and Jay McDaniel will explore in this Pop-Up conversation.
Process Pop-Up: Wild Church: Communal Practices to Reconnect Spirituality and Nature
Join wild church pastor and author Victoria Loorz for an experiential introduction to communal practices that reconnect spirituality with the living world. Rooted in the relational vision of process theology, this session invites participants to listen, pray, and belong with the sacred presence woven through Earth herself.
Process Pop-Up: Islamic Feminism and Process Theology
In this event, Dr. Adis Duderija will explore how integrating process thought into Islamic feminism can provide fresh perspectives on key Islamic theological concepts that can further fortify the key ideas of Islamic feminist theology.
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.