‘The Process Concept of God and Pacifism’

In this article I argue for the superiority of the neoclassical (or process) concept of God to the classical concept of God as static, especially as the former relates to the moral superiority of pacifism to just war theory. However, the two main proponents of neoclassical or process theism—Alfred N...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Dombrowski, Daniel A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2013
In: Sophia
Further subjects:B Pacifism
B Process Theism
B Charles Hartshorne
B Just War Theory
B Alfred North Whitehead
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Summary:In this article I argue for the superiority of the neoclassical (or process) concept of God to the classical concept of God as static, especially as the former relates to the moral superiority of pacifism to just war theory. However, the two main proponents of neoclassical or process theism—Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne—failed to see the full ramifications of their improved concept of God in that they tended to stop short of pacifism by maintaining an uneasy alliance with the violence often associated with classical theism.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-012-0322-4