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Abstract

William R Jones, Theodore Walker and Henry James Young share a worldview which is not apparent.  The purpose of this essay is to identify their common vision.  This paper demonstrates that much of their vision cannot be interpreted by process categories.  Their worldview has the integrity of the hard-edged hope of the oppressed.  This worldview is not an adventure of ideas but rather the pathway of a people moving toward liberation.  To the extent that process theologians understand this, they will be forced to acknowledge the partisan nature of their own metaphysical claims.  This acknowledgement should bring forth a reevaluation of the implicit paternalism that allows process theologians to maintain a comfortable intellectual separation from the lived experiences of the oppressed.  This paper accomplishes its task by analyzing the arguments of Jones, Walker and Young in support of their contention that process theology's current theodicy is inadequate.  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]