John B. Cobb Jr.

John Boswell Cobb, Jr. (born 9 February 1925) is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. Cobb is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, the school of thought associated with the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Cobb is the author of more than fifty books. In 2014, Cobb was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Cobb is a founding co-director of the Center for Process Studies and Process & Faith that celebrated its 50th anniversary February 2023. He also serves as Founder of the Cobb Institute, founding president of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China, and Chairman of the Board for the Living Earth Movement established in 2022 to celebrate his 97th birthday. He has held many positions, such as Ingraham Professor of Theology at the School of Theology at Claremont, Avery Professor at the Claremont Graduate School, Fullbright Professor at the University of Mainz, Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt, Harvard Divinity, Chicago Divinity Schools.

His writings include the 50th anniversary edition of Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology, For the Common Good.(Co-winner of Grawemeyer Award of Ideas Improving World Order) and most recently in 2023 Confessions. He is very active in many activities especially the Living Earth Movement to encourage cooperation between the U.S. and China on addressing climate challenges rather than continuing their conflicts and the possibility of war between the two nations.