Process Thought In Roman Catholicism

Author : Marc A. Pugliese
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793627797
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Thought and Roman Catholicism written by Marc A. Pugliese and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores convergences and divergences between process thought and Roman Catholicism with the goal of identifying reasons for why process philosophy and theology has not had the same impact in Roman Catholic circles as in Protestantism, and of constructively navigating avenues of promising engagement between Process thought and Roman Catholicism. In creatively considering the Roman Catholic tradition from the vantage point of Process thought, different theoretical perspectives are brought to bear on Catholic characteristics of historical theology, fundamental theology, systematic theology, moral theology, social justice, and theology of religions. While the contributors draw upon a broad range of resources from the disciplines of the physical and social sciences, philosophy, and ethics from a process perspective, the primary methodology employed is theological reflection.

Author : Robert L. Kinast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780761813392
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Catholicism written by Robert L. Kinast and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Process Catholicism offers an imaginative alternative to the present Catholic ecclesiology that the church in the U.S. currently struggles with, which derives from a one-sided determination of how church relationships should be understood, structured, and carried out. Process thought consists of a dynamic, organic, empirical, aesthetic, and panentheistic worldview that is applied to Jesus' relationships and Vatican II's treatment of the church, utilizing the basic concepts of Alfred North Whitehead's notion of a society. Kinast develops the concept of process Catholicism in terms of an ecclesial environment, a preferential option for novelty, a presumption in favor of new developments and movements within the church, and a process treatment of the major test cases facing the Catholic church, such as the ordination of women, inculturation, and public theological dissent.

Author : Joseph A. Bracken
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599471647
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Process Thought written by Joseph A. Bracken and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2008-03-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If someone were to ask, ‘Where is God?’ how would you respond?” Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, uses this question as a springboard to introduce the process-relational metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and other process theologians as he tries to reconcile the sometimes-conflicting views of traditional Christian doctrines and the modern scientific world. To present this material in an accessible manner to a broader audience, Bracken reworks Whitehead’s “model” of the God-world relationship, showing that God is involved in an ongoing, ever-changing relationship with all creatures. He also discusses the work of other contemporary theologians to help Christians come to terms with their role in our multi-dimensional pluralistic society. Bracken examines divine and human creativity, the collective power of good and evil, divine providence and human freedom, prayer, altruism, and the fundamental question, “What is truth?” He shows how Whitehead’s process thought approach to these issues could “harmonize” traditional Christian beliefs and contemporary culture, benefiting faith and reason. Understanding the God-world relationship subtly influences our attitude toward ourselves, toward other human beings, and indeed toward all of God’s creatures, says Bracken. His revision of Whitehead’s metaphysical vision in terms of a cosmic community shows how modern views of the world and God can be accepted and kept in balance with the traditional biblical views found in the Christian faith and how this balance can help Christians make better choices in a world shaped both by contemporary natural science and by traditional Christian spirituality. “If we truly believe that in God, we live and move and have our being and that, as a result, we share with the divine persons in a deeply communitarian way of life together with all of God’s creatures, we may be more readily inclined to make the periodic sacrifice of personal self-interest to pursue the higher good of sustained life in the community. In the end, it is simply a matter of seeing the ‘bigger picture,’ realizing what life is ultimately all about.”

Author : Joseph Pacini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481144575
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Catholicism written by Joseph Pacini and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary objective of this book is to understand Roman Catholicism and the church objectively, including an analysis of the religion of Catholicism from a wide variety of perspectives. The Spiritual Life First Foundation accomplishes this goal through the identification, analyzation, and selection of scholarly sources. By ensuring that wherever possible the content in this book comes from peer-reviewed sources, this process enhances the quality of the finished product and adds a degree of credibility to the source. One can be reasonably certain that this book's content has value. And, further, should an interest emerge to explore any specific topic further, the book has an extensive list of research sources to track for additional learning. The information in this book provides clarity, insight, understanding, knowledge, and hopefully some wisdom by providing a single platform for highly specific source content to create an overarching vision of reality that is often difficult to find and time consuming to identify, collect, analyze, and report on information obtained from various formats and for various purposes. We do not alter the meaning of text from our research results in any way. We are especially careful to ensure that any underlying subtle nuances and intent remain in this book. In essence, this book is the culmination of collecting scholarly research to answer important and relevant questions and address topics related to Roman Catholicism. You can be certain that this book represents our best efforts at trying to achieve the highest levels of integrity, professionalism, objectivity, and confidentiality. The process includes a high-level mind set, a consultative approach leading to deep meaning and understanding of reality in an uncompartmentalized real-life manner. When you read the essays in this book, you are reading from the most highly-respected professionals, scholars, and subject matter experts we can find. One primary function of the Spiritual Life First Foundation is is the identification, analyzation, and selection of the best published answers to our modern-day questions and approaches to life, including the impact of Roman Catholicism dogma on the unspoken beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors of humanity. Studying Roman Catholicism covers the range of human thought from history, philosophy, theology, and religion to the application of science compared to the dogma of Catholicism. This book provides a base, a higher-level understanding, an awareness or consciousness so that the reader, like an explorer, can apply the critical thought processes of the material to come to his or her own conclusions based on what is reality for you at this moment it time. This is why we chose to self-publish, there are no political forces at play in the background. Our goal is to present the truth as we find it, in as an objective and straight-forward manner as possible; realizing that, all perception is a mere illusion anyway, we do our best to set the debate on an appropriate pathway. The first and most important fundamental criterion for this book is the must elusive: To tell the undeviating truth. With this primary objective in mind, we set out to discover and prove a two-thousand year historically significant underworld organization with a long history of corruption, murder, deceit, illusion, and power plays to support imperialism and authoritarianism. You will find within these pages that the major Christian organizations are anything but Christian.

Author : George A. Lindbeck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Roman Catholic Theology written by George A. Lindbeck and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew M. Davis
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1666944378
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion written by Andrew M. Davis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astrophilosopy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe applies Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy and the associated process philosophies of Henri Bergson, Teilhard de Chardin, and others to the interdisciplinary layers of astrobiology, extraterrestrial life, and the impact of discovery. This collection, edited by Andrew M. Davis and Roland Faber, asks questions such as “How have process thinkers imagined universal creative evolution and its implications for philosophies, theologies, and religions beyond earth?” and “How might their claims as to the primacy of organism, temporality, novelty, value, and mind enrich current discussions and debates across disciplines?” As experts in their fields, the contributors are informed by, but not limited to, process conceptualities. The chapters not only advance recent discussions in astrobiology, cosmology, and evolution but also consider a constellation of philosophical topics, from shared extraterrestrial knowledge and values to the possibilities or limitations afforded by A.I. technology, the Fermi Paradox, the Drake Equation, and the increasing need to nurture the cosmic dimensions of theological and religious traditions.

Author : Sylvester Steffen
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477213198
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theogenesis written by Sylvester Steffen and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reduced to elemental terms, THEOGENESIS is about the universal dynamic of communication, consciousness, conscience and wisdom. These correlate to each other as cause and effect. The dynamic of evolution in enlarging wisdom is by way of TRIMORPHIC RESONANCE, the continued harmonizing of faith, hope and love, by way of communication, consciousness and conscience the process of Symbiotic Evolution. If NOVOGENESIS is about communication, and METAGENESIS is about consciousness, and THEOGENESIS is about conscience, then CHRISTOGENESIS is about wisdom. And what is wisdom? It is Eucharistic Altruism, the intentional giving-over of self to other in interests of common wellbeing. Ultimately, faith/ hope/ love come to Eucharistic Altruism. Evolutions trajectory (cogitata perficiendo, cogitando sic perfecta) is forward toward altruism, self-reflective CHRISTOGENESIS the intentional choosing to be sacrificial. This is the point and purpose, not just of Christianity, but of Natures Symbiotic Altruism, other-directed what is the authentic conscience of faith and reason, common to all authentic religion.

Author : Robert C Mesle
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827229457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Theology written by Robert C Mesle and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is God when a child runs in front of a car? This primer introduces the reader to a new way of understanding God that offers us a more meaningful and clearer vision of God and the world we live in.

Author : Brennan Hill
Publisher : Saint Mary's Press
ISBN 13 : 0884899543
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ongoing Renewal of Catholicism written by Brennan Hill and published by Saint Mary's Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broad. Engaging. Accessible. Appealing. These are just a few of the words reviewers used to describe The Ongoing Renewal of Catholicism. In The Ongoing Renewal of Catholicism, Professor Brennan Hill has provided a wonderfully engaging, progressive look at Catholic theology for today. Dr. Hill's discussion introduces to readers the foundations of Catholic thought, follows the development of that thought, and looks closely at the issues of today's world and Catholicism's response. While firmly rooted in the Catholic tradition, the author takes an ecumenical approach by incorporating teachings and insights from other Christian churches and world faiths.

Author : Gabriel Flynn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199552878
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ressourcement written by Gabriel Flynn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical and a theological analysis of the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology.