New Book by Roland Faber

The Ocean of God conveys the proposition that the future of religions, if they will not want to contribute to the destruction of humanity, will become transreligious. Based on the assumption that the spiritual impulse of humanity cannot simply be eradicated, religiosity will persist in transreligious forms, as secularizations, naturalizations and transhumanist dreams only envision…

New Book: Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism

In Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism Daniel A. Dombrowski argues for political liberalism as a process-oriented view and process philosophy as a politically liberal view . . . Argues for the processual, historical qualities of Rawlsian political liberalism . . . Shows the inadequacies of certain illiberal political tendencies on both the political right and…

From Claremont to Salem…and Beyond: A New Era for CPS

Get a sneak preview at what’s in the next issue of Process Perspectives with this report from our Executive Director, Andrew Schwartz . . . For more than 45 years, the Center for Process Studies has been a cherished part of the Claremont, California, culture. Established by John Cobb and David Griffin as a faculty center of…

Call for Papers: Metaphysical Society of America

CALL FOR PAPERS Metaphysical Society of America 2020 Annual Meeting at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts, March 19-22) Theme: Nature and its Meanings In 2020, the 71st anniversary of its founding, the theme of the Metaphysical Society of America’s annual meeting will be “Nature and its Meanings.” Papers treating any aspect…

Call for Papers: SSPP at APA-Pacific

The Society for the Study of Process Philosophies has issued a call for papers to be delivered at the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) convention from April 8-12, 2020. The convention will be held in San Francisco. Any topic in the area of process thought is acceptable. Each accepted paper will be given 20 minutes…

Call for Papers: SSPP at APA-Central

The Society for the Study of Process Philosophies is issuing a call for papers for its meeting at the APA-Central convention on February 26-29, 2020 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, IL. Papers can be in any area of process thought. Please submit papers or abstracts by July 20, 2019 to Jea Sophia Oh…

Call for Papers: Open Theology

Topical Issue of Open Theology: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Theological Thought about Evil Edited by: John Culp (Azusa Pacific University, USA) Description Climate disasters, unanticipated consequences from genetic engineering, transhumanism as a possible solution to a variety of problems, and the growing challenge to the very program of theodicy raise challenges to past theodicies. What responses…

30% Off Contemporary Whitehead Series

This year marks the 10th anniversary of WRP’s Contemporary Whitehead Studies series. In the attached flyer you will find a 30% off discount code that can be used to purchase any books in the series. Feel free to share with others who might be interested. If you are affiliated with an academic library, please consider asking them to…

New Book by Jeremy Fackenthal

This book examines how the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, a speculative philosopher from the first half of the twentieth century, converses and entangles itself with continental philosophers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries around the question of a sustainable civilization in the present. Chapters are focused around economic and environmental sustainability, questions of how…

Timothy Murphy on Sustaining Hope in an Unjust World

Where is God when we’re losing the fight? In our faithful work toward building a better world, we may often feel we’re losing the battle. The poor get poorer, the vulnerable continue to be abused, and justice for all is a distant dream. No matter how hard we work, nothing changes. Some days, we wonder…