S. J. Joseph A. Bracken

Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Joseph Bracken examines key writings of process-oriented philosophers like Alfred North Whitehead along with systems-oriented thinkers such as Ludwig von Bertalanffy to create a systems-oriented understanding of the God-world relation that serves as a complement to Pope Francis's reflections on the environmental crisis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781978709782
• ISBN-10: 1978709781
• Artikelnr.: 62920754

Autorenporträt

Joseph Bracken is emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Bergson and Whitehead on the One and the Many from a
Process-Oriented Approach
1. Living in an Event-Filled World
2. Living in a Dynamically Interconnected World
3. Living in a World of Open-Ended Systems
Part Two: Failure to deal with Major Issues re the Common Good
4. Critical Evaluation of Modern Scientific Method
5. Reconciling the Truth-Claims of Science and Religion
Part Three: Reason and Revelation in Dealing with the Environmental Crisis
6. A Systems-Oriented Environmental Ethic
7. Divine and Human Personhood in a Systems-Oriented Approach to Reality
8. Linking Science and Religion within a New World View