News and Announcements
What new questions emerge for philosophy of religion when established assumptions about humanity, reality, knowledge, religious belonging, and the future no longer hold? How can scholarship advance worthy projects for our future survivorship and thriving? Does religion have new relevancy in an area of climate crisis, machine learning/AI, and increased global socioeconomic living pressures? What voices have been historically excluded in the Philosophy of Religion, and what moral duty, if any, do we have to include them?
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz
Claremont School of Theology (CST), in collaboration with the Center for Process Studies (CPS), today announced the launch of Claremont International University (CIU), a new educational initiative bringing a distinctive process-relational and globally engaged approach to graduate education. Grounded in process-relational thought and a whole-person approach to education, the program places particular emphasis on the role of education in contributing to the emergence of an ecological civilization—one committed to human and planetary flourishing. Applications are now open for the inaugural Spring 2027 cohort.
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz and Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan
The Society for the Study of Process Philosophies invites papers for presentation at the 2027 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting from March 24–27, 2027 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. This includes discussion of process philosophies throughout the history of philosophy around the world. If interested in presenting, please email Olav Bryant Smith by October 1, 2026 with a paper title and abstract.
- Olav Bryant Smith
Over the course of several weeks in July, an international group of process scholars and practitioners traveled across China, participating in a remarkable series of gatherings exploring the relevance of process-relational thought to some of the most pressing questions of our time. From a decade-long daily reading group in Harbin to ecovillages and rural communities, from experiments in educational transformation to one of the most international gatherings devoted to Whitehead’s thought, the journey offered a vivid picture of a movement that is at once deeply rooted and continuing to grow in new directions.
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Zhihe Wang, and Paul Stenner
We're very happy to announce the opening of our first online gallery, featuring works by members of SPARKS. The theme is Concrescence. This theme invites works that explore moments of gathering, transformation, and emergence. Concrescence may show up in your art as the layering of memories, the blending of voices or sounds, the combining of colors or textures, or the shaping of many influences into a single expression. Concresence features nine artists working across a wide variety of different mediums—we invite you to explore their work in the virtual gallery!
- Jay McDaniel
The Center for Process Studies has been awarded a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to launch an innovative interdisciplinary project entitled Modern Meaning: Spiritual Yearning and the Quest for a Flourishing World. The initiative brings together scholars from philosophy, theology, psychology, and the natural sciences to investigate one of the defining questions of our time: How can contemporary understandings of the universe support lives of meaning, purpose, and hope?
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Sheri D. Kling, and Andrew M. Davis
The 19th International Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held at HELP University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 1 to 5, 2026. The Second Ecological Entrepreneurs Conference and the Eighth International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held concurrently. The theme of this year’s forum is "Building an Eco-Friendly Civilization Together: Ecological Civilization, Ecological Enterprise, and Inner Ecology". Abstract submissions are due by October 20, 2026.
- Meijun Fan
The Whitehead Research Project invites scholars to submit abstracts that explore the significance of the two recently published volumes of Whitehead’s Essays and Articles (EA1 and EA2). What do these essays and articles, some of which have been published for the first time, reveal about Whitehead’s philosophy and its development? The conference will take place via Zoom on June 21–23, 2027 and abstracts of no more than 250 words are due by April 1, 2027.
- Joseph Petek
This Special Issue of Metamodern Theory and Praxis aims to provide occasion to further explore and expand the emancipatory potential of processual modes of thought and analysis, drawing connections between previously disparate discourses and utilizing these new tools of knowledge creation to overcome the limitations of both modern and postmodern research paradigms and, in doing so, to advance understanding of the major issues of our age. Deadline for manuscript submissions: October 1, 2026.
- Jared Morningstar
The Future of Meaning Conference is being held in Savannah's beautiful historic district, May 19–22, 2027. Under the theme "The Philosophical Renewal of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness," this unique gathering brings together leading voices in philosophy, theology, and culture for four days of presentations, dialogue, fellowship, contemplation, and music. Confirmed speakers include Iain McGilchrist, Ilia Delio, John Haught, Stephen Blackwood, Steve McIntosh, Andrew M. Davis, Robert Nicastro, and more—with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sarah Coakley, and David Bentley Hart joining us live virtually.
- Andrew M. Davis and Steve McIntosh