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This book explores convergences and divergences between process thought and Roman Catholicism. It examines why process philosophy and process theology have had a minimal impact in Roman Catholic circles compared to Protestantism, and investigates avenues of promising engagement between process thought and Roman Catholicism.
List of contents
Introduction: "Catholic Theology" by John B. Cobb, Jr.
Chapter 1: "Does Process Theology Rest on a Mistake?" by David B. Burrell, C. S. C.
Chapter 2: "Process Theology and the Catholic Theological Community" by J. J. Mueller, S. J.
Chapter 3: "Duns Scotus, Catholicity and the Roots of Process Thought" by Ilia Delio, O. S. F.
Chapter 4: "Charles Hartshorne and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition" by Daniel A. Dombrowski
Chapter 5: "A Catholic Approach to Process Philosophy" by Maria-Teresa Teixeira
Chapter 6: "Balancing Permanence and Change in a Systems-Oriented Metaphysics" by Joseph A. Bracken, S. J.
Chapter 7: "A Process Interpretation of Creatio ex Nihilo" by Thomas E. Hosinski, C. S. C.
Chapter 8: "Whitehead's View on Incarnation and the Co-Inherence of God and the World" by Palmyre Oomen
Chapter 9: "The Eucharistic Experience: Process Theology and Sacramental Theology" by Thomas Schärtl
Chapter 10: "Babbling on About Pluralism: The Catholicity of Pluralism" by John Becker
Chapter 11: "Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Morals: The Debate over Intrinsically Evil Acts" by Marc A. Pugliese
Chapter 12: "The Philosophy of Organism and Integral Ecology: Wisdom, Whitehead, and Pope Francis" by Leo D. Lefebure
Afterword: "Discovering Process (Again)" by Thomas P. Rausch, S. J.
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Edited by Marc A. Pugliese and John Becker - Contributions by John Becker; Joseph A. Bracken, S.J.; David B. Burrell, C. S. C.; John B. Cobb Jr.; Ilia Delio; Daniel A. Dombrowski; Thomas E. Hosinski, C. S. C.; Leo D. Lefebure; J. J. Mueller, S.J.; Palmyre
