Dean, William.  "Empirical Theology: A Revisable Tradition."  Process Studies 19, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 85-102.

Abstract

Empirical theology began at the University of Chicago, growing out of the classical American philosophies of W. James, J. Dewey, and A. N. Whitehead.  In the face of postmodern trends, the essay argues, empirical theology must abandon empirical foundationalism without abandoning realism; it must acknowledge its own speculative character without becoming subjectivistic.  The argument is advanced by (1) recognizing (through a study of W. James) that empirical theology is based on "the particular" rather than on experience; (2) demonstrating that empirical theology's mind-body monism protects it from the indictment of religious experience in Wayne Proudfoot's "Religious Experience."  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]