The Unpublished Writings of John B. Cobb, Jr.
"A Critique of Lynn Margulis Theory of Evolution." [A paper presented at the conference of "Religious Interpretation of Evolutionary Biology: Neo-Darwinism in Dialogue with Lynn Margulis and Process Thought." Oct. 21-24, 2004.] [10pp.]
"Alfred North Whitehead." [4 pp.]
"Alfred North Whitehead." [1993, 1 pp.]
"Altizer and Christian Theology." [Non-theism, Atheism, Altizer, Theology]
“The American Scene.”
"Analysis of Schubert Ogden's Demythologizing Program."
"An Annotated Bibliography of Books for Introduction to Process Theology." [20 pp.] [Bibliography, Introductory Readings, Process Theology]
“Authentic Existence in Christian Whiteheadian Perspective.”
“Autobiography.”
"The Authority of the Bible." [Biblical Studies, Authority] [abstract available]
"Being and Person." [Philosophy of Mind, Being, Personality]
"Being, Becoming, and Theology."
"Being-Itself and the Existence of God." [Protestant Mainstream Theologians, Being, Neothomism, God Concepts]
"Beyond the Disciplinary Organization of Knowledge." [Religious Education, Philosophy of Education, Disciplines, Knowledge, Epistemology]
"Bible, Revelation, and Christian Doctrine."
"Bibliography" [20 pp.] [Bibliography]
"Bibliography (Supplement)." [1988-90, 3 pp.] [Bibliography]
"The Biography of a Project: Justice, Participation, and Sustainability." [Philosophy of Education, Philosophy, Education, Justice]
"Biography of Charles Hartshorne." [1992, 6]
"Buddhism and Christianity: Dialogue Between Drs. John Cobb, Jr. and Seiichi Yagi." [Central Theological College, Tokyo: July 5, 1978]
“Buddhism and the Natural Sciences.”
"Buddhism, Whitehead, and the Feminist-Ecological Religion." [Buddhism, Whitehead, Feminism, Ecology, Religion, Earth, Environment]
“A Buddhist-Christian Critique of Neo-Liberal Economics.”
"The Buddhist Witness to God." [1981, 15pp.]
“Can a Buddhist Be a Christian, Too?”
"Can a Christian Be a Buddhist, Too?"
"Can Christ Become Good News Again?" [Retirement Lecture 1989.] [Christology, Gospel]
"Can Christianity Shape Higher Education in a Pluralistic Age?" [Lecture delivered at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA; March, 1991] [Philosophy of Education, Philosophy, Education, Christianity, Religion, Higher Education, Pluralism]
"Can a Livable Society be Sustainable?"
"Can Whitehead Make a Contribution to Management Theory?" [Business, Management]
“The Center for Process Studies: Some Reminiscences.”
"The Challenge to Theological Education." [Philosophy of Education, Philosophy, Education, Theology]
“Changing the World’s Mind.”
“Charles Hartshorne.” [Unpublished]. Biographical Entry for American National Biography
“Charles Hartshorne: In Memoriam.”
"The Christian Mission in a Pluralistic World." [Pluralism, Christianity, Mission]
"The Christian Understanding of Sexuality."
"The Christian University." [Religious Education, Christianity, Higher Education, University]
"Christianity and Buddhism: Are Their Differences Irreconcilable?"
"Christianity and Myth." [Religious Language, Christianity, Myth]
"Christianity as a Religion."
"Christology and the Common Creation Story." [Universe Story Conference, Jan. 1994]
"Christology and the Universe Story." [Universe Story Conference, Jan. 1994]
"Christology in Process Relational Perspective."
“Clark Pinnock and Process Theology.”
"Comments on Prof. Clark's 'The Selfas the source of Meaning in Metaphysics'."
“Commonwealth and Empire.” An American Empire? Globalization, War, and Religion. Drew University, September 25-27, 2003.
"The Complementarity of Buddhism and Christianity."
"Concluding Response." [Cobb’s Response to Tachikawa’s, Hirota’s, and Yokota’s views about the Pure Land Tradition.].
"The Congregation and Theological Education."
“Constructive Postmodernism.”
"Contemporary Challenges to Process Thought." [Critique]
"‘Covenant of Affirmation’ With Explanation--for Jewish/Non-Jewish Weddings." [Available through the Process and Faith office] [Marriage, Judaism]
"Criteria for Evaluating Education." [Philosophy of Education, Philosophy, Education]
"Critique of Secular Disciplines by Theology." [Religious Education, Disciplines, Theology]
"Critique of Toward an American Theology."
"Earth’s New Spiritual Study." [Earth, Ecology, Environment, Spirituality, Spirit]
"Eco-justice and Christian Salvation"
"Ecology, Economics, and Theology." [Economics, Ecology, Theology, Business]
“Ecology and Economy.”
"Ecology and Religion." [Presented at the Religion and Science Conference, Claremont
Graduate School, January, 1983.] [Ecology, Religion, Earth, Environment]
"Economics and Ecology." [Ecology, Economics, Earth, Environment, Business]
"Economics for Planetary Wellness." [Earth, Ecology, Environment, Economics, Business]
"Economism: A Christian Earthist Perspective." [Unpublished. MS, not available at CPS]
"Education and Economism." [Education]
"The Ends of Agriculture." [Agriculture]
“Envisioning a Fifth Model.”
"Ethical Dimensions of the Use of Knowledge." [Ethics]
"Ethics, Religion, and Christian Faith"
"The Ethical Responsibility of Business." [Business, Management, Economics, Ethics]
“Evangelical Theology in Process Perspective.”
"Experience and Language." [Experience, Language, Religious Language]
"Experienced Evil and the Power of God." [Power, Divine Power, Evil]
“The Founding of the International Process Network.”
“Four Types of Universities.”
“Freedom and Bondage to God.” [Documents of the Fourth International Consultation of the United Methodist Church, Vienna, Austria, March 9-15, 2002.]
“Free Trade and the World Trade Organization.”
“From Conflict to Mutual Transformation." (Or "The One and the Many.") [UUA Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, June 17, 1988.]
"From Ecology to Agriculture." [Agriculture, Ecology]
"The Future of American Theology."
"The Future Work of Jesus."
"God Beyond Atheism." [Sermon] [Non-theism, Atheism]
"God and Buddhism."
“God and Physics in the Thought of Ian Barbour.”
"God and the Scientific Worldview"
"Hans Keung's Contribution to Interreligious Dialogue."
"Heidegger and Whitehead--A Comparison." [Existentialism, Heidegger]
"Higher Education and the Good of the World." [Philosophy of Education, Education, Higher Education, Philosophy]
"The Holy Spirit and Leadership by Proposal: An Appendix to Weeden’s Paper." [Leadership, Holy Spirit, Weeden]
"The Identity of Christian Spirituality and Global Consciousness." [Christian spirituality.
Global consciousness, Self-transcendence, Divine Spirit]
"The Image of Nature." Conference paper for "Process and Reality East and West" Japan Society for Process Studies. Nanzan University Agust 1984.
"Immigrant Theology." [Liberation Theology, Immigration]
"The Impact of Secular Disciplines on Theology: A Case Study in Cultural Anthropology." [Religious Education, Disciplines, Theology, Cultural Anthropology]
“Intellectual Autobiography.”
“Interview with Dr. John Cobb, Jr. on Philosophy, Theology, and Religion.” (unpubl. July 19-23, 2004, by Dr. Yih-hsien Yu)
"In the Beginning God Created." [Creationism, God, Genesis, Earth, Ecology, Environment]
"Is Religious Truth Many or One?" [Pluralism, Truth]
“Is Whitehead Relevant in China Today?” [Presented at Whitehead and China in the New Millennium Conference, Beijing, China, June 17-20, 2002] [abstract available]
"Juergen Moltmann's Ecological Theology in Process Perspective."
"A Just and Sustainable Economic Order." [Economics, Business]
"Lecture Three: Theological Engagement with Political Theory." [Political Theory]
"Liberation Theology and the Global Economy."
"Metaphysical Pluralism." [Metaphysics, Pluralism]
"My View of Christianity." [Christianity]
“Nature and Grace in Wesley and Whitehead.”
“Negative Consequences of Science’s Impact on Theology.”
"Nihilism, Existentialism, and Whitehead." [Non-theism, Atheism, Nihilism, Existentialism]
“One Cheer for Global Democracy.” (unpubl., conference paper, “Democracy, Globalization, and the Law,” CPS and Hamline University College of Law, St. Paul, MN, September 19-23, 2002.)
“Ontologie, Geschichte und Christlicher Glaube.”
"Ordinary-Language Philosophy of Religion: A Critique."
"A Personal Christology."
"Perspective." Retirement Chapel Talk at the Claremont School of Theology 31 (Spring-Summer 1990): 3, 8.
"The Political Implications of Whitehead's Philosophy."
"A Post-Modern Economic Theory." [Economics, Postmodern Thought]
“Practical Theology for Creative Ministry.”
"Preliminary Introduction to New Frontiers Volume IV."
"A Presidential Address on Economics." [Center for a Postmodern World Conference, July, 1989.] [Postmodern Thought, Economics]
"Process and Normative Ethics."
“Process Studies: A Theological View.”
“Process Theology:” January 10, 1996.
"Process Thought." Conference Paper: "Philosophy and Religion Now." Claremont Graduate University, February 1999.
"Process Theology and Demythologizing." (unpublished).
"Process Theology and the Challenge of Political Theology." (unpublished).
"Process Theology and the Church's Response to the Environmental Crisis." (unpublished).
"Process Theology and the Need for a New Approach." (unpublished).
“Process Thought and the East Asian Mind." [lecture at the Conference on Process and Han], Claremont School of Theology, Feb. 1-2, 2007.
"Protestant Theology and Deep Ecology."
"Psychotherapy in a Christian Whiteheadian Perspective." [revised 1992]
“Reality and Experienced Reality.”
"Reclaiming the Place of Philosophy and Theology with Process Thought." [Paper presented at The First Symposium on Process Theology by Korea Project: Process Thought, Spiritual Formation and Minsity] Claremont School of Theology, June 6, 2009.
"Regional Inclusion and the Extensive Continuum." [Metaphysics]
"The Relativization of the Trinity."
“Religion and Education.”
"The Renewal of Covenantal Living." [Annual Conference of United Methodist Church, University of Redlands, June 9, 1979]
"Reply to Francis Cook."
“Response.” [Faith and Order Colloquium, June 8-12, 1969]
“A Response to Francis Cook’s ‘Just This: Buddhist Ultimate Reality’.” [A Mini-Conference on Buddhist-Christian Dialog, October 2, 1986.]
"Response to Herzog's Ecclesiology." [Ecclesiology, Herzog]
"Response to Kunene’s Paper." [African, Kunene]
“Response to Loomer’s The Size of God.”
“Response to Sally McFague.” [Conference Paper, “Sharing Our Stories: Process-Feminist Dialogue on Post-Patriarchy,” March 23-24, 1987, Claremont.
"Response to Morita." [Buddhism, Morita]
"Response to [Michael] Murphy." [Parapsychology, Murphy]
“Response to Nissiotis.”
"Response to Rescher." Conference Paper: APA Western Section, Los Angeles, 1999.
“Response to ‘Spiritual Renewal of the American Priesthood’.”
"Response to Ueda" [Buddhism, Nishida, Experience, Language, Ueda]
"Response to Yagi." [Buddhism, Yagi]
"The Right to Die." [Medicine, Ethics, Medical Ethics]
"The Role of a Theology of Nature in the Church." [Theology of Nature, Ecclesiology]
“Science, Theology, and Whitehead’s Philosophy.” (Unpublished)
“Self-organisation in Evolution.” (Unpublished)
"Seminar in Process Theology." (Syllabus for Class: School of Theology at Claremont, Spring 1996.)
"Smith’s World Theology: An Appreciative Critique." (Unpublished.)
“Some Assumptions.” (Conference Paper: Whiteheadian Philosophy and Genuine Religious Pluralism, March 27-31, 2003.) Center for Process Studies, Claremont, CA, USA.
"Some Social Implications of Process Thought."
"Spirit and Flesh: Dipolarity Versus Dialectic." [Dipolar Theism, Spirit, Dialectic]
"Spiritual Paradigms of the Western World and Non-western Alternatives."
"Suggested Questions." [Philosophy of Education, Education, Philosophy]
"A Summary of ‘Is Religious Truth Many or One?’" [Pluralism, Truth]
“A Sustainable Society.”
“10 Assumptions of the Dominant Economic Theory” [John Cobb’s Conference Proposal to John Mack and the Marion Foundation, 3/26/96]
“Theological Realism.” [AAR Conference, November 2003]
“The Theological Stake in Globalization.”
"Theology, Ecology, and Economics." [Theology, Ecology, Economics, Earth, Environment, Business]
“Towards a Displacement of Historicism and Positivism.”
"Trade in Process Perspective." [Economics, Business, Trade]
"Transcript of a Discussion at Toronto, March 1971." [A discussion with Lewis S. Ford and Edward Pols based on their essays in the Southern Journal of Philosophy 7 (1969-70): 409-26.
"Transforming Academic Theory and Practice."
"Whitehead and Anthropology." [Existentialism, Anthropology, Heidegger]
“Whitehead and Science.” (Conference Paper: Process Thought and Asian Culture, Social Science, Natural Science, 2004.) Whitehead Society of Korea, IPN, Korea, 2004.
(with David Ray Griffin), “Whitehead on Compounds and Causality: An Alternative to Leclerc’s Interpretation.”
“Whitehead’s Model and Multiple Spiritualities.” (January 2002)
"Whitehead's Theory of Relativity and Whitehead's Philosophy" (unpubl.)
“Whitehead’s Theory of Value.”
"Why Faith Needs Process Philosophy." (Given at opening CPS seminar, September 2007)