Edited by Demian Wheeler and David E. Conner This book contends that philosophy can help us formulate and defend more adequate, plausible, and beneficial outlooks on the natural world and the place of human beings within the community of earthly creatures. The essays in this volume are not limited to any single theme or subject. Some of the… Continue Reading
Edited by Margaret Stout Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) was a Progressive Era public intellectual, scholar of political theory, social worker, and management consultant to both industry and government. A pioneer in management theory and practice, Follett’s work was first prophetic, then nearly forgotten, and finally rediscovered in the late 1980s. A century after publication of… Continue Reading
Edited by John Culp As society grapples with the reality of climate change, many believe that technology will somehow save the planet. As this book argues, that is not enough: larger-scale collaboration, coordination, and funding is needed. Individuals and groups, even with significant personal resources, will not be able to reverse the present course of… Continue Reading
Edited by John B. Cobb, Jr. and Wm. Andrew Schwartz Change your thinking; change the world . . . Philosophy has gotten a bad rap. As an academic discipline, it is mocked as irrelevant to modern society. But bias against philosophy doesn’t mean we don’t have one. We all have a basic worldview. This… Continue Reading
By Stephen C. Rowe PurchaseRequest Exam CopyRequest Review Copy There are two Americas at this point in history, with two very different worldviews. One is the modern view of separated individuals defined by their right to pursue and protect material well-being in a world of free market capitalism and unlimited natural resources. The second… Continue Reading
by David Ray Griffin From a giant in the field of process theology, here is a succinct summation of the distinctiveness of this theology and its singular importance for our time. From the first chapter: Process theism is a naturalistic theism. It is naturalistic not in the sense of equating God with “nature” or otherwise… Continue Reading
Anoka (ah-NOH-kah) is a town at the northern edge of the Twin Cities metro area, of which Minneapolis and St. Paul are the heart. The name is derived from two native languages: the Dakota A-NO-KA-TAN-HAN, meaning “from both sides,” referring to its location on the banks of the Rum River, and the Ojibwa ON-O-KAY, meaning… Continue Reading
Radical Discipleship for Today by Timothy Murphy “We live in an era that requires us to radicalize what ‘church’ means.” So declares Timothy Murphy in this bold new ecclesiology that weaves together process theology and political philosophy. Murphy argues that the root problems an ecclesiology must address today are not primarily doctrinal, nor are they… Continue Reading
