Death, Immortality, and Resurrection in Process Thought

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Clayton, Philip.  “Eschatology as Metaphysics under the Guise of Hope” In World without End: Christian Eschatology from a Process Perspective. (Grand Rapids & Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005), 128-149.

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_____.  “The Resurrection of the Soul.”  Harvard Theological Review 80, no.2 (1987): 213-27.

Emmet, Dorothy.  “A. N. Whitehead:  The Last Philosopher.”  Mind 57 (1948): 265-274.

Epperly, Bruce G.  At the Edges of Life: A Holistic Vision of the Human Adventure. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1992. [abstract]

_____.  “Death and the Human Adventure: Process Theology and Human Mortality.”  Encounter 46, no.4 (Autumn 1985): 309-25.

_____.  “Mending the Broken Connection:  Death, Society and Academic Life.” Religion and Intellectual Life 2, no.3 (Spring 1985): 37-44.

_____.  “The Wisdom of the Butterfly:  Experiencing Eternity in the Midst of Time.”  Process Perspectives 11, no.4 (Fall 2002): 20-21.

Faber, Roland. “Zeit. Tod. Neuheit. Gedächtnis: Eschatolgie als Zeittheologie. Teil I: Zeit und Tod.” Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie 49, 1-2 (2002): 190-213.

Farmer, Patricia Adams.  “Patricia’s Ponderings:  Something Rosalind Said.”  Creative Transformation 11:4 (Fall 2002):  9.

Fischer, Kathleen. Winter Grace: Spirituality for the Later Years. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985. [abstract]

Fisher, David H.  “Resurrection in a Process Theological Perspective:  An Essay in
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Flynn, Mark. “The Importance of Forgetting ‘Perishing’ in Whitehead’s Cosmology and Epistemology.” Interchange 36, no. 1-2 (2005): 243-5.

Ford, Lewis S. and Marjorie Suchocki.  “A Whiteheadian Reflection on Subjective Immortality.”  Process Studies 7, no.1 (Spring 1977): 1-13. [abstract]

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Frankenberry, Nancy.  “The Logic of Whitehead’s Intuition of Everlasting­ness.” The Southern Journal of Philosophy 21, no.1 (1983): 31-46.

Gragg, Alan.  “The Nature of Immortality.”  In Charles Hartshorne (Waco, TX: Word Books, Publisher, 1973), 69-72.

Griffin, David R.  “Life After Death in the Modern and Post-Modern Worlds.”  In Religion and Parapsychology, eds., Arthur S. Berger and Henry 0. Thompson (Barrytown , NY:  Unification Theological Seminary, 1988), 39-60.

_____.  “Life After Death, Parapsychology, and Post-Modern Animism.”  In Death and Afterlife, ed. Stephen T. Davis (London:  Macmillan, 1989), 88-107.

_____.  Parapsychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality: A Postmodern Exploration. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. [abstract]

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_____.  “Postmodern Animism and Life After Death.” In God and Religion in The Postmodern World:  Essays in Postmodern Theology (Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1989), 83-108.

_____.  “Reasonable Belief in Life after Death:  Religio-Ethical, Philosophical, and Empirical Considerations.”  (unpubl.)

Hallman, Joseph M.  “The Resurrection of the Human Jesus.”  Process Studies 8, no.4 (Winter 1978): 253-258. [abstract]

_____.  “The Theological Relevance of Objective Immortality in the Phil­osophy of Alfred North Whitehead.”  Ph.D. Dis., Fordham University, 1970.

Hamilton, Peter.  “Suffering, Death and Heaven in the Light of Process Thinking.”  In The Living God and the Modern World (Philadelphia:  United Church Press, 1967), 97-141.

Hartshorne, Charles.  “The Acceptance of Death.”  In Philosophical Aspects of Thanatology, Vol. I, eds. Florence M. Hetzler and Austin H. Kutscher (New York:  MSS Information Corp., 1978), 83-87.

_____.  “The Aesthetic Meaning of Death.”  In Wisdom as Moderation (Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1987), 51-62.

_____.  “Hartshorne to Alan Anderson [on Life After Death].” (unpubl.)  [Letter, 1986]

_____.  “Hartshorne to John Kennedy on the Person and Immortality.” (unpubl.) [Letter, 1989]

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_____.  “A Philosophy of Death.”  In Philosophical Aspects of Thanatol­ogy, Vol. II, eds. Florence M. Hetzler and Austin H. Kutscher (New York: MSS Information Corp., 1978), 81-89.

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Henry, Granville C.  “Does Process Thought Allow Personal Immortality?”  Religious Studies 31 (1995): 311-21. [also unpublished paper available]

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Hong, Jeong Soo.  “‘Kae-byuk’ as an Alternative for the ‘Resurrection.’”  (unpubl.) [1993]

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Inbody, Tyron.  “Process Theology and Personal Survival.”  The Iliff Review 31 (1974): 31-42.

Johnson, Thomas K.  "Review: John B. Cobb, Jr., Matters of Life and Death."  In Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36, no.3 (???): ???

Kennedy, John.  “The Person and Immortality in the Writings of Charles Hartshorne.”  Rome:  Pontificia Studiorum Universitas, 1992. [Ph.D. Dis. Synopsis]

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Kinast, Robert L.  “Resurrection or Prehension of the Body.”  Anglican Theological Review 65:2 ([???]): 131-43.

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King, J. Norman and Barry L. Whitney.  “Rahner and Hartshorne on Death and Eternal Life.”  Horizons 15, no.2 (Fall 1988): 239-61.

Koothottil, A.  “Life After Death:  Individual Survival or Universal Communion: God, Man, and the Universe.”  Ph.D. Dis., Center for Metaphysics and the Philosophy of God, Leuven, Belgium, 1981.

_____.  “Objective Immortality in Dipolar Theism:  Towards a Process Eschatology Based on the Thought of Alfred North Whitehead.”  Ph.D. Dis., Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, 1979.

Krafte, Lori E.  “Subjective Immortality Revisited.”  Process Studies 9, nos.1-2 (Spring-Summer, 1979): 35-36.

Lamont, Corliss.  “Equivocation on Religious Issues.”  Journal of Religion (1934): 412-27.

Livernois, T. F.  “The Vitality of Process Theology:  Beyond the Debate on the Resurrection of the Dead.”  Dialogue 18 (???): 141-46.

Mellert, Robert B.  “A Pastoral on Death and Immortality.”  In Religious Experience and Process Theology, eds. Harry J. Cargas and Bernard Meland (New York:  Paulist Press, 1976), 399-408.

Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino.  “Education for Immortality?”  Creative Transformation 11:4 (Fall 2002):  14-15.

Morgret, Frank.  “Whitehead et al. vs. Human Death (A Puzzled Query by a Concerned Counsellor).”  Springfielder 38 (1974): 185-192.

Mukherjee, Anil Kumr.  “Whitehead:  Objective Immortality and Religious Consciousness.”  Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 3 (Spring 1986): 5-16.

Nancarrow, Paul S.  “Glimpses of Immortality in Liturgical Remembrance.”  Process Perspectives 11, no.4 (Fall 2002): 18-19.  

Nordgulen, George.  “The Resurrection in Judaism and Christianity.”  In Faith and Creativity, eds., George Nordgulen and George Shields (St. Louis, MO:  CBP Press, 1987), 143-63.

Ogden, Schubert M.  “The Promise of Faith.”  In The Reality of God (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977), 206-30.

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Outler, Albert. “A View of the Humanum in the Wesleyan Spirit.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

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Pittenger, Norman.  After Death - Life in God.  New York: Seabury Press, 1980. [abstract]

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Quillen, Frank W.  “The Ethereal Body as a Means of Survival.”  Process Studies 9, nos.1-2 (Spring-Summer 1979): 30-34.

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Russell, John M.  “Life in God:  Pittenger on Immortality.”  Encounter 52, no.1 (Winter 1991): 1-20.

Saivang, Valerie C.  “Our Bodies/Our Selves: Reflections on Sickness, Aging and Death.” (unpubl.) [abstract]

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Simmons, Paul B.  "Review: John B. Cobb, Jr., Matters of Life and Death."  In Review and Expositor 89, no.3 (Summer 1992): ???

Snook, Lee A.  “Death and Hope--An Essay in Process Theology.”  Dialogue: A Journal of Theology 15, no.2 (Spring 1976): 123-30.

Suchocki, Marjorie.  “The Question of Immortality.”  (unpubl.)

_____.  “Charles Hartshorne and Subjective Immortality.”  (unpubl.)

_____.  “As Good as it Gets?  Musings on Mortality and More.”  Creative Transformation 11:4 (Fall 2002):  2-8.

_____.  “The Reign in God:  Everlasting Life.”  God, Christ, Church:  A Practical Guide to Process Theology, New Revised Edition (New York:  Crossroad, 1992 [1982]), pp. 199-216.

Tubbs, James B., Jr.  "Review: John B. Cobb, Jr., Matters of Life and Death."  

Tucker, R. P.  “Jesus’ Post-Resurrection Appearances:  A Process Interpretation.”  (unpubl.)

Van der Veken, Jan. “Talking Meaningfully about Immortality.” Word and Spirit: a Monastic Review 8: Process Theology and the Christian Doctrine of God. Santiago Sia, ed. Petersham, MA: St. Bede's Publications, 1986. 95-108.

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Walker, Claire and Will Beardslee.  “Process from Our Perspective; A Conversation Concerning Life After Death.”  Process Perspectives 11, no.4 (Fall 2002): 10-11.

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Wilcox, John T.  Review: John B. Cobb, Jr., Matters of Life and Death.  (???)

Williams, Daniel Day.  “Love, Death, and Hope.” (unpubl.)

Wilson, P. Eddy.  “The Feasibility of an Afterlife View in Process Thought.”  (unpubl.) [1993]

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