123 pp., xi. '1' in number. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 10 Chapters: (1) "A Process-Relational World: An Adventure That Matters"; (2) "Imaginative Generalization: The Search for a Comprehensive Vision"; (3) ) "Minds, Bodies, and Experience: Envisioning a Unified Self"; (4) "Experience All the Way Down: Seeking an Imaginative Leap"; (5) "Reality as Relational Process: Substance and Process"; (6) "Reality as a Causal Web: A Constructive Postmodernism"; (7) "Unilateral Power: Power, Value, and Reality"; (8) "Relational Power: So What?"; (9) "Creativity, Freedom, and God: What Makes Freedom Possible?"; (10) "Looking Ahead: The Future of Process-Relational Thought"; Notes, pp. 111-117; Suggested Reading, pp. 119-120; Index, pp. 121-123. Glossy wrappers with colorful abstract art on top 3/4 front cover, above black band across bottom front cover for Title and Subtitle lettering in white, just above Author name letters in red. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. FLAWLESS. UNREAD. CRISP. Gift-Giving Quality.

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Title: Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press, West Conshohocken, PA
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1599471329
ISBN 13: 9781599471327
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: New

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Process thought is the foundation for studies in many areas of contemporary philosophy, theology, political theory, educational theory, and the religion-science dialogue. It is derived from Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy, known as process theology, which lays a groundwork for integrating evolutionary biology, physics, philosophy of mind, theology, environmental ethics, religious pluralism, education, economics, and more.

In Process-Relational Philosophy, C. Robert Mesle breaks down Whitehead's complex writings, providing a simple but accurate introduction to the vision that underlies much of contemporary process philosophy and theology. In doing so, he points to a "way beyond both reductive materialism and the traps of Cartesian dualism by showing reality as a relational process in which minds arise from bodies, in which freedom and creativity are foundational to process, in which the relational power of persuasion is more basic than the unilateral power of coercion."

Because process-relational philosophy addresses the deep intuitions of a relational world basic to environmental and global thinking, it is being incorporated into undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy, educational theory and practice, environmental ethics, and science and values, among others. Process-Relational Philosophy: A Basic Introduction makes Whitehead's creative vision accessible to all students and general readers.

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C. Robert Mesle is a recognized authority on process thought and the author of the acclaimed Process Theology: A Basic Introduction (1993), the most widely read introduction to process theology. A professor and chair of the philosophy and religion department of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, he received his PhD from Northwestern University. He is a board member of the International Process Network and the China Project of the Center for Process Studies and serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Theology and Philosophy and Process Studies. He resides in Lamoni, Iowa.

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