Many theologians have been reconceiving the God-world relation, challenging the separation that underlay too much of Patristic and Scholastic theology. These panentheists affirm a radical indwelling of God within the world and the world within God. During the same period scientists have begun to abandon the reductionist ideology that characterized much of the modern period. Reductionism is being replaced by a new emphasis on emergence: the study of how new structures and entities arise throughout the evolutionary process and how each requires its own form of explanation.

Surprisingly few theologians have recognized the paradigm shift represented by the convergence of these two important schools of thought. Clayton's pioneering work develops new models of God and the God-world relation in light of panentheism and emergent complexity and models an open-minded Christian theology that still respects tradition.

First appearing in 1965, John Cobb's A Christian Natural Theology was an unprecedented work of theological scholarship. Using Alfred North Whitehead's metaphysical philosophy as a framework to develop a Christian natural theology, Cobb helped launch process thought as a leading alternative to neo-orthodox theology. The book has since become a classic in the literature of process theology. Now, in this second edition, Cobb offers substantive changes at key points where his views have changed. Among these points are the relationship between God and time, the connection between God and creativity, and other important contributions of Whitehead's thinking about God. Written by one of America's preeminent theologians, this book is an essential work for all those studying process thought.

What every reader of Whitehead has longed for, and students of Process and Reality have begged for: a glossary of all the most important process terms, written by the one of the greatest living authorities on Whitehead's thought. The definitions are simple enough for the first-time student, yet precise enough to satisfy even the most demanding scholars. The prose is lucid and insightful; it brings the original terms to life. Indeed, reading this text through from front to back now offers one of the quickest and most accurate introductions to Whitehead's thought available anywhere.

Process theology has been a major theological innovation of the last hundred years, and its influence on American theology has been pervasive. But process thought is far from being simply an American phenomenon. Throughout the last few decades, some of the most exciting work in process theology has been undertaken in Asia and Europe. Process theology is thus now a truly international movement, with exciting potential for contributing to theological inquiry today." In this book, world-recognized expert in process thought Roland Faber presents a systematic exploration of process theology's roots and development, its chief concerns and concepts, and its opportunities for new contributions to today's theological scene, especially in topics such as cosmology, politics, and theopoetics. This book is a superb resource for those who want to know more about this important theological movement.