Trinity in Process: A Relational Theology of GodIn the last three decades, the focus of attention in systematic theology has moved from the church to Christ, and more recently to God and the God-world relationship. Central to the new focus is the search for an appropriate metaphysics is to explain how God can be genuinely reponsive to events in this world and at the same time utterly transcendent. Here process-oriented thinkers provide a new view of an ancient doctrine. |
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John B Cobb | 1 |
A Naturalistic Trinity | 23 |
Contingent Trinitarianism | 41 |
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A. N. Whitehead abstract actual entity actual occasions aesthetic satisfaction affirm Alfred North Whitehead analogy argued becoming Bracken Charles Hartshorne Christ Christian christology classical classical theism Cobb Cobb's coherence concept concrescence concrete consciousness consequent nature constituted contingent contrast creation Creative Synthesis creative transformation creatures Dabhar deep story dissimilarity distinction economic trinity essay eternal existence experience experienced Father field of activity finite occasions formulation God-world relationship ground Hartshorne's Holy Spirit human immanent immanent trinity incarnate infinite initial aim insofar interpretation Jesus John Cobb Logos Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki means metaphor necessary nondivine notion ontological panentheism philosophy possible prehended Press primordial nature principle Process and Reality Process Philosophy process theology process thought relation revelation role Ruach Schelling sense sociality society structure subjectivity superjectivity temporal theologians three divine persons tion tradition transcendent trinitarian doctrine trinitarian theology trinity tritheism triune ultimate understanding unity University Whitehead Whiteheadian Word