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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.
About the author
Marc A. Pugliese is associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Leo University.
John Becker is assistant professor of philosophy in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.
