Whitehead's religious thought : from mechanism to organism, from force to persuasion / Daniel A. Dombrowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dombrowski, Daniel A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Whitehead, Alfred North.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xix, 184 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

Summary:

This original interpretation of the religious thought of Alfred North Whitehead highlights Whitehead's moves from mechanism to organism, and from force to persuasion to offer a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism. Daniel A. Dombrowski argues that the move from force to persuasion, in particular, is not only fundamental to Whitehead's own thought and to process thought in general, but is a necessary condition for the continuing existence of civilized life. Following this line of analysis, Dombrowski demonstrates Whitehead's relevance to contemporary work in philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and environmental ethics by placing him in dialogue with six major thinkers: David Ray Griffin, Isabelle Stengers, John Rawls, Charles Hartshorne, Judith Butler, and William Wordsworth. Book jacket.

Contents:

Griffin's panexperientialism as perennial philosophy

Stengers on Whitehead on God

Rawlsian political liberalism and process thought

Hartshorne, the process concept of God, and pacifism

Butler and grievable lives

Wordsworth, Whitehead, and the romantic reaction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dombrowski, Daniel A., author. Whitehead's religious thought

ISBN:

9781438464299

1438464290

OCLC:

957581418