God Can’t by Thomas Jay Oord

Hurting people ask heart-felt questions about God and suffering. Some “answers” they receive appeal to mystery: “God’s ways are not our ways.” Some answers say God allows evil for a greater purpose. Some say evil is God’s punishment. Not only do the usual answers fail, they don’t support the truth that God loves everyone all the…

New Book by Bruce Epperly

The Christian life is a holy adventure. Bruce Epperly has opened up that adventure to everyone in his previous books Process Theology, Process Spirituality, and Process and Ministry. Now he connects this adventure to ancient roots in Celtic spirituality. This book takes a meditative, experiential approach to the complex, often difficult topic of process theology and brings it…

Call for Papers: 2019 Whitehead Psychology Nexus Workshop

Concepts of “now” in process ontology and psychopathology Fontarèches (Avignon), April 6-10 Dear Colleagues and Friends, The 2019 Whitehead Psychology Nexus Workshop will focus on the issue of lived temporality in process (lato sensu) ontology and psychopathology. We seek to gather two types of provocative papers: on the one hand, philosophical discussions of the present…

Memorial for Lewis Ford

Lewis Ford, co-founder of Process Studies, passed away on Sunday, October 14, after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Anne, and his two daughters Rachel and Stephanie. Lewis was the Founding editor of Process Studies and served in that position from 1971-95. During and after that time he wrote many articles for the journal. He is…

New Book from CPS Exec Director Wm. Andrew Schwartz

This book is an exploration into the paradoxical structure of pluralistic thinking as illuminated by both Western and Eastern insights—especially Jainism. By calling into question the most fundamental assumptions of religious pluralists, the author hopes to contribute to a paradigm shift in discourse on religious pluralism and conflicting truth claims. Available at Rowman.com. . “In…

Greater Arkansas Interfaith Network — 2018 Fall Offerings

It’s not too late to participate in our fall programs! Click on the magazine cover below to see this fall’s GAIN offerings. All are open to the public. Visit our website: www.greaterarkansasinterfaithnetwork.com. Questions? Email us at greaterarkansasinterfaith@gmail.com.

New Book from Andrew Davis and Philip Clayton

Much can be gained from trailing the spiritual narratives of those who have traveled ahead of us, for the God they have found, we may never have considered. How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere captures for a general audience the spiritual shift away from popular notions of a God “up there” and “out there” and…

New: CPS Student Seminars

The Center for Process Studies (CPS) at Claremont School of Theology is launching a new, student-centered seminar project that seeks to engage students looking to publish or present process-relational papers. If you are interested in receiving constructive feedback, practice delivering a lecture/paper, and adding valuable experience to your resume, please submit a proposal.Seminar Breakdown:…

Call for Papers: SSPP at APA-Pacific

The APA Pacific Executive Committee has invited the Society for the Study of Process Philosophies (Pacific) to participate, as an affiliated group, in the program of its next annual meeting, April 17-20, 2019 in Vancouver, BC at the Westin Bayshore hotel. This call is for papers addressing histories and canons of process philosophy: Broad or…

New Book by Roland Faber

The Garden of Reality contemplates the relativity of religious truth, religious pluralism, transreligious discourse, postmodern cosmology, and multireligious mysticism. Its transreligious approach aims at a future multireligious, peaceful society in an ecological and cosmic context. It proposes that the future of humanity is bound to conviviality with itself and the Earth, that the deepest religious motivations…