Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World

Joseph Bracken examines key writings of process-oriented philosophers like Alfred North Whitehead along with systems-oriented thinkers such as Ludwig von Bertalanffy to create a systems-oriented understanding of the God-world relation that serves as a complement to Pope Francis's reflections on the environmental crisis.

List of contents

Part One: Bergson and Whitehead on the One and the Many from a Process-Oriented Approach
1. Living in an Event-Filled World
2. Living in a Dynamically Interconnected World
3. Living in a World of Open-Ended Systems
Part Two: Failure to deal with Major Issues re the Common Good
4. Critical Evaluation of Modern Scientific Method
5. Reconciling the Truth-Claims of Science and Religion
Part Three: Reason and Revelation in Dealing with the Environmental Crisis
6. A Systems-Oriented Environmental Ethic
7. Divine and Human Personhood in a Systems-Oriented Approach to Reality
8. Linking Science and Religion within a New World View

About the author

Joseph Bracken is emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Summary

Joseph Bracken examines key writings of process-oriented philosophers like Alfred North Whitehead along with systems-oriented thinkers such as Ludwig von Bertalanffy to create a systems-oriented understanding of the God-world relation that serves as a complement to Pope Francis’s reflections on the environmental crisis.

Product details

• Authors: S. J. Joseph A. Bracken, S.J. Bracken, Joseph A. Bracken S. J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781978709782
• ISBN: 978-1-978709-78-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / Ethics, Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Process, Religious ethics