A Christian Natural Theology

by Cobb, John

• ISBN13: 9780664230180
• ISBN10: 0664230180
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-05
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

When the first edition ofA Christian Natural Theologyappeared in 1965, it was a groundbreaking work that incorporated Alfred North Whitehead's metaphysical philosophy as a framework for developing a Christian natural theology. The work was so significant it helped to launch process theology as a leading alternative to neo-orthodox theology and has since become a classic in the literature of process theology. This new edition by one of America's preeminent theologians is an essential work for all those interested in process theology.

Author Biography

John B. Cobb, Jr. is Ingraham Professor of Theology Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology.

Table of Contents

Key to References	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
An Introduction to Whitehead's Philosophy	p. 1
Whitehead's Philosophy and the Problem of Dualism	p. 1
The Analysis of an Actual Occasion	p. 4
Societies of Actual Occasions	p. 13
The Human Soul	p. 18
The Soul as Social	p. 18
The Distinctiveness of the Human Soul	p. 25
Life after Death	p. 30
Personal Identity	p. 35
The Unconscious	p. 41
The Locus of the Soul	p. 43
Humans as Responsible Beings	p. 50
Freedom as Self-Determination	p. 50
Intrinsic Value as Beauty	p. 54
Goodness as Moral Value	p. 62
An Ethical Theory	p. 65
Duty, Love, and the Initial Aim	p. 74
Peace	p. 78
Whitehead's Doctrine of God	p. 81
Science and the Modern World	p. 81
Religion in the Making	p. 87
Process and Reality: The Primordial Nature of God	p. 92
Process and Reality: The Consequent Nature of God	p. 99
The Later Writings	p. 106
The Character of the Argument	p. 106
Further Reflections on Whitehead's Doctrine of God	p. 112
Changing Perspectives	p. 112
Creativity and God	p. 113
God and Time	p. 120
How God Saves	p. 125
A Particular Providence	p. 128
Three Technical Issues	p. 132
The Religious Availability of Whitehead's God	p. 139
Whitehead's Religious Sensibility	p. 139
Religious Belief and Religious Experience	p. 146
The Religious and the Ethical	p. 160
The Theological Task	p. 165
What Is Theology?	p. 165
What Is Natural Theology?	p. 170
Relativism	p. 178
Other Tasks of Theology	p. 183
Index	p. 191
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