The naturalistic theism of Henry Nelson Wieman (1884-1975) : the creator of an American process theology / Charles Mark Rich ; with a foreword by Doyal D. O'Dell.

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Rich, Charles Mark, 1925-

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9780773418837
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THE NATURALISTIC THEISM OF HENRY NELSON WIEMAN (1884-1975): The Creator of an American Process Theology; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Discovering a Life Quest; Chapter I: Introduction: Building an Academic Career; Chapter II: A Park College Education; Chapter III: Seminary, A Year in Germany, and Four Years in the Pastorate; Part II: To Harvard for Graduate Study; Chapter IV: Defining the Greatest Good Within a Naturalistic Value Theory; Chapter V: Defining the Greatest Good as Creative Process

Chapter VI: A Philosophy of Religion and a Metaphysics of CommunityPart III: Intellectual Alliances and Divergences; Chapter VII: Wieman's Response to Whitehead on Philosophy of Nature; Chapter VIII: Nature and Nurture of Religion; Chapter IX: Wieman's Divergence from Whitehead; Chapter X: Wieman's Response to Dewey: An Instrumentalism Directed by Creativity; Chapter XI: Wieman and Dewey on Value and Religion; Chapter XII: Faith as Absolute Commitment; Part Four: The Challenge of the Future; Chapter XIII: Affirming the Foundations of Naturalistic Process Theism

Chapter XIV: Defining the Creative EventChapter XV: The Transformation of Selfhood and Culture; Chapter XVI: Postscript: What of the Future?; Bibliography; Index

Summary: Henry Nelson Wieman was one of the most influential American religious figures of the late twentieth century. His work is examined here in relation to other notable thinkers such as Henri Bergson, William James, James Dewey, Alfred Whitehead, and Josiah Royce among others. He was also a mentor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his work set the stage for naturalistic theism. Wieman believed that creative religion constituted by self-giving individuals must always exist in relation to divine cosmic individuality. A radically individual nature of the process of change means that religion must enc.

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Henry Nelson Wieman was one of the most influential American religious figures of the late twentieth century. His work is examined here in relation to other notable thinkers such as Henri Bergson, William James, James Dewey, Alfred Whitehead, and Josiah Royce among others. He was also a mentor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his work set the stage for naturalistic theism. Wieman believed that creative religion constituted by self-giving individuals must always exist in relation to divine cosmic individuality. A radically individual nature of the process of change means that religion must enc.

Chapter XIV: Defining the Creative EventChapter XV: The Transformation of Selfhood and Culture; Chapter XVI: Postscript: What of the Future?; Bibliography; Index

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