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Beyond Metaphysics? Transcontinental Explorations in Alfred North Whitehead’s Late Thought
The Whitehead Research Project and the Society for the Study of Process Philosophies will hold a major international conference on December 4-6, 2008 at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. This event will bring together leading scholars to engage Alfred North Whitehead’s late work. The theme will explore the question of whether Whitehead’s system is completed with Process and Reality, or if instead his metaphysics only comes fully into view in his later works (esp. Adventures of Ideas and Modes of Thought). [visit the conference website]

Process Thought Helps China Face Its Environmental & Religous Future by Reclaiming the Roots of is Philosophical Past
In this Scienceline article, Greg Soltis looks at the way China is trying to modify its value system in a way that is scientifically sound and reflects its philosophical traditions. "By implementing process thought," says Soltis, "the Chinese can reclaim themes from their traditional philosophies of Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism that will help develop a more environmentally friendly way of life." [read complete article]

Neuroscience and Spiritual Practice: Transforming the Embodied Mind
An inter-religious conference exploring emerging understandings in neurospirituality
October 12-14, 2008
Claremont, California

What happens to the brain during spiritual practices? Recent neuroscientific studies suggest that meditation, contemplation, and prayer may change the brain and neurosystem in identifiable and possibly predictable ways. What are the implications of such findings for spiritual formation? For science? For theology and philosophy? For life? [visit the conference website]

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7th International Whitehead Conference
"Process, Religion, and Society"
January 5-9, 2009
Bangalore, India

The Bangalore Whitehead Conference 2009 aims at bringing together scholars from all over the world to exchange their views and reviews, to pool their research activities and findings, and to share their expertise and experiences, inspired by the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician, philosopher of science and metaphysician. [visit the conference website]

The Center for Process Studies is a faculty center of the Claremont School of Theology in association with the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. more information

• Process Studies: 37.1 (Spring-Summer 2008)
  published August 2008
• Process Perspectives: 31.1 (Spring 2008)
  published June 2008
• Seminar Papers: 30.2 (Fall 2007)
  
• "Whitehead and the British Reception of Einstein's Relativity," by Ronny Desmet
• "Why Faith Needs Process Philosophy," John B. Cobb, Jr.
• Online Articles
• Science and Soul, an interview with Charles Birch
• "An Open and Relational Theory of Divine Power," by Thomas Oord
• "Open Creation and New Creation," by David Wilkinson
• "Telos and Insurrection," Anthony Baker

• "Reintroducing Teleology in Scientific Explanation," by Spyridon Koutroufinis, 06/17/2008
• "Emergence," by Joseph Bracken and Philip Clayton, 05/01/2008
• "With Everlasting Love," by Rabbi Bradley Artson, 4/15/2008

• Re:, 07/13/2008, 10:08 PM
• Re: Process and Tillich, 07/02/2008, 03:46 PM
• Re: Process Theology, Bonhoeffer, Niebuhr, 07/01/2008, 01:28 PM
• Re: Miracles, Magic, and Healing/Cursing, 07/01/2008, 01:23 PM
• Re: Angels & Demons (Not Dan Brown's Book), 07/01/2008, 01:09 PM
• Eliminate Stress, 06/26/2008, 03:53 PM
• Re: Causality and "a process interpretation" of the TI, 06/12/2008, 02:06 AM