Process Thought and the Meaning of Life:  

Biological, Ethical, Existential, Metaphysical, Theological

Ames, Roger T. “Remebering David Hall.” Philosohpy East and West 52, no. 3 (July 2002): 277-80. [abstract]

Barbour, Ian.  "Life and Mind." In Issues in Science and Religion (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966), 317-64.

Beardslee, William.  "Eternal Life."  In A House for Hope: A Study In Process and Biblical Thought (Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1972), 131-49.

Bergson, Henri.  "On the Meaning of Life -- The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence."  In Creative Evolution (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983 [1911]), 186-271.

Birch, Charles.  Biology and the Riddle of Life.  Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1999. [abstract]

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_____, and John B. Cobb, Jr.  The Liberation of Life: From the Cell to the Community.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

Brizee, Robert. "So Then, Where is Hope Today?" (unpubl.)

Broniak, Christopher J.  "Life After Death in Whitehead's Metaphysics."  Auslegung 11, no. 2 (Summer 1985): 514-27.  [abstract]

Brown, Delwin. "God's Reality and Life's Meaning: A Critique of Schubert Ogden." Encounter 23, no. 3: 256-62.   

_____. “Process Philosophy and the Question of Life’s Meaning.”  Religious Studies 7: 13-29.

Cauthen, Kenneth.  "Process and Purpose: Toward a Philosophy of Life."  Zygon 3 (1968): 183-204.

Christ, Carol P. "The Last Dualism: Life and Death in Goddess Feminist Thealogy." n.d. (unpubl.)

Clayton, Philip. “’Biology Meets Theology.’ Review of: Genes, Genesis and God: Values and Their Origins in Natural and Human History, Holmes Rolston (Publication info.); Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy, Michael Ruse (Publication info.); Evolutionary and Molecular Biology: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action Series (Vol. 3), ed. Robert J. Russell, William Stoeger and Francisco Ayala (Publication info.).”  The Christian Century, 117, no.2 (Jan. 19, 2000): 61-4.

Cobb, John B., Jr.  The Structure of Christian Existence.  New York: Crossroad, 1979 [1967].

_____.  Matters of Life and Death.  Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991.

Cormier, Ramona.  "Process and the Escape from Nihilism."  Tulane Studies in Philosophy 24 (1975): 1-11. [abstract]

Dewey, John.  "Nature, Life and Body-Mind."  In Philosophers of Process, ed. Douglas Browning and William T. Myers (Fordham University Press, 1998), 251-67.

Durie, Robin.  "Creativity and Life." The Review of Metaphysics 56 (December 2002): 357-367.

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

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

Hartshorne, Charles. "The Meaning of Life."Process Studies 25 (1996): 10-8. 

____. "Spirit as Life Freely Participating in Life."  Biosophical Review 10, no. 2 (1953):  31-2.

Haught, John.  "Is Life Reducible to Chemistry?"  In Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (New York: Paulist Press, 1995), 72-99.

_____.  Nature and Purpose.  Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1980.

Howe, J. Thomas.  "Nietzsche, Whitehead, and the Problem of Nihilism."  PhD Dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, 1999.

James, William.  "What Makes a Life Significant?"  In Talks to Teachers (New York: Henry Holt, 1912 [1899]). [In The Writings of William James, ed. John J. McDermott.]

Jonas, Hans.  The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology.  New York: Harper & Row, 1966.

Kennedy, John.  “Abstract.”  (unpubl.) [Personhood, Immortality, Life After Death]

Lawrence, Nathaniel.  "The Organic Universe."  In Whitehead's Philosophical Development: A Critical History of the Background of Process and Reality (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), 261-85.

Margulis, L & Sagan, D. "What is life?" London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1995. [abstract]

Meland, Bernard E. “Attachment to Life.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

_____. “Religion Rooted in Nature.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

Northrop, F. S. C.  Man, Nature and God: A Quest for Life’s Meaning.  The Credo Series.  ed.  Ruth N. Anshen.  New York: Trident Press, Simon and Schuster, 1962.

Overman, Richard.  "'Life,' 'Purpose,' and 'the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics,' or, Can Whitehead Help us Learn What We're Talking About?"  In Mind in Nature: Essays on the Interface of Science and Philosophy, ed. John Cobb and David Griffin (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1977), 135-42.

_____.  "A Whiteheadian Interpretation of Evolutionary Theory." In Evolution and the Christian Doctrine of Creation (Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1967), 163-229.

Pittenger, Norman.  After Death: Life in God. London: SCM Press, 1980.

_____.  Life as Eucharist.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1973.

_____.  Life in Christ.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1972.

Riepe, Dale. "The Civilization of the Future: Ideals and Possibility." The Philosophy Forum 13, n. 1/2 (1973): 179-208.

Ruether, Rosemary. “Choose Life: The Boston Affirmations.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

Seigfried, Charlene H.  "Founding Level of Meaning: Towards an Experiential Grounding of Both Science and Metaphysics."  In William James's Radical Reconstruction of Philosophy (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1990), 51-71.

Sia, Santiago.  “The Function of Religion in Human Life and Thought.”  In Identity and Change in the Christian Tradition (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1999): 57-71.

Suckiel, Ellen K.  "The Concept of Pragmatic Meaning."  In The Pragmatic Philosophy of William James (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1982), 30-44.

Swyhart, Barbara.  Bioethical Decision-Making.  Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1975.

Todd, Douglas.  Brave Souls: Writers and Artists Wrestle with God, Love, Death, and the Things that Matter.  Toronto: Stoddhart, 1996.

_____.  “A New Scientific Paradigm Looms: Feelings are Everywhere.” The Vancouver Sun C5 (Sat. Oct. 21, 2006).

Whitehead, Alfred North.  Modes of Thought.  New York: Free Press, 1968 [1938].  [Part III "Nature and Life"]