Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers

Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers
Author: John W. Cooper
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0801027241

This landmark book--the first complete history of panentheism written in English--explores the subject through the lens of various thinkers and discusses how it has influenced liberation, feminist, and ecological theologies.

Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers

Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers
Author: John W. Cooper
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1585584045

Panentheism has gained popularity among contemporary thinkers. This belief system explains that "all is in God"; as a soul is related to a body, so God is related to the world. In Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers, philosopher and theologian John Cooper traces the growth and evolution of this intricate theology from Plotinus to Alfred North Whitehead to the present. This landmark book--the first complete history of panentheism written in English--explores the subject through the lens of various thinkers, such as Plato, Jürgen Moltmann, Paul Tillich, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Charles Hartshorne, and discusses how panentheism has influenced liberation, feminist, and ecological theologies. Cooper not only sketches the evolution of panentheism but also critiques it; ultimately, he offers a defense of classical theism. This book is for readers who care deeply about theology and think seriously about their faith.

In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being

In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being
Author: Philip Clayton
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802809780

A series of essays examining panentheism, a philosophy that considers God to be inter-related with the world and the world to be inter-related with God.

Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting

Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting
Author: John W. Cooper
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2000
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780802846006

This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper's defense of "holistic dualism" remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate. First published in 1989, Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting is required reading for Christian philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and students interested in the mind-body question.

Philosophers Speak of God

Philosophers Speak of God
Author: Charles Hartshorne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1953
Genre: God
ISBN:

This wide-ranging anthology of philosophical writings on the concept of God presents a systematic overview of the chief conceptions of deity as well as skeptical and atheistic critiques of theological ideas. The selections cover key philosophic developments in this subject area from ancient to modern times in both the East and West.

Divine Action and Emergence

Divine Action and Emergence
Author: Mariusz Tabaczek
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0268108765

Divine Action and Emergence puts the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition in conversation with current philosophy and theology. As a middle path between classical theism and pantheism, the panentheistic turn in the twentieth century has been described as a “quiet revolution.” Today, in fact, many theologians hold that the world is “in” God (who, at the same time, is more than the world). Panentheism has been especially influential in the dialogue between theology and the natural sciences. Many have seen panentheism as compatible with emergentism, and thus have brought the two together in developing models of divine action that do not abrogate the regularities of processes of the natural world. In Divine Action and Emergence, Mariusz Tabaczek argues that, as inspiring and intriguing as emergentist panentheism is, it requires deeper examination. He begins by looking at the wonder of emergence (which calls into question the overly reductionist attitude in natural science) and by reflecting philosophically on emergence theory in light of classical and new Aristotelianism. Moving in a theological direction, Tabaczek then offers a critical evaluation of emergentist panentheism and a constructive proposal for how to reinterpret the idea of divine action as inspired by the theory of emergence with reference to the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic understanding of God’s action in the universe. Through a unique interdisciplinary approach that puts theology and the natural sciences into a dialogue through philosophy, Divine Action and Emergence offers a comprehensive evaluation of panentheism. It then puts forward an original reinterpretation of emergence theory, thus setting forth a constructive proposal for reinterpreting the concept of divine action that is currently espoused by emergence theory. It will appeal to scholars of theology and philosophy, those who work in the area of theology and science, those interested in emergence theory or panentheism, and finally those who are interested in the dialogue between the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition and contemporary philosophy and theology.

The Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832)

The Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832)
Author: Benedikt Paul Göcke
Publisher: Berliner Bibliothek
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Panentheism
ISBN: 9783631746899

Life of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause - Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause - Importance of Krause's philosophy for recent debates in philosophy, theology and science - Krause and German idealism

The Problem of God in Modern Thought

The Problem of God in Modern Thought
Author: Philip Clayton
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2000
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780802838858

It is widely believed that modern philosophers have dismissed the idea of God and opted instead for a secular humanism. Challenging these stereotypes through a careful study of major philosophical texts written since the Enlightenment, Philip Clayton shows how the main thinkers of the modern period have continued to wrestle with the problem of God and to make proposals for understanding the divine. Following up on his award-winning book God and Contemporary Science, Clayton here explores the constructive resources that modern thought offers to those struggling with the notion of God as "infinite" and "perfect." He finds in the narrative of modern thought about God strong support for panentheism, the new theological movement that maintains the transcendence of God while denying the separation of God and the world.

Panentheism and Panpsychism

Panentheism and Panpsychism
Author: Godehard Brüntrup
Publisher: Mentis
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Panentheism
ISBN: 9783957431714

Panpsychism has become a highly attractive position in the philosophy of mind. On panpsychism, both the physical and the mental are inseparable and fundamental features of reality. Panentheism has also become immensely popular in the philosophy of religion. Panentheism strives for a higher reconciliation of an atheistic pantheism, on which the universe itself is causa sui, and the ontological dualism of necessarily existing, eternal creator and contingent, finite creation. Historically and systematically, panpsychism and panentheism often went together as essential parts of an all-embracing metaphysical theory of Being. The present collection of essays analyses the relation between panpsychism and panentheism and provides critical reflections on the significance of panpsychistic and panentheistic thinking for recent debates in philosophy and theology.