The editors of What Is Enlightenment? magazine
recently set out on a mission: to reveal the depth and substance
of the real evolution debate. In their endeavor to
discover the essential elements behind the common arguments,
they uncovered a vastly intricate and fascinating landscape far
beyond the boundaries of the public debate between Evolutionism
and Creationism. By seeking out and methodically charting the
contours of what is surely the greatest philosophical,
scientific, and theological challenge of our era, they are
helping us to redefine the way we think about where we come
from, who we are, and where we might be going.
In this interview with the eminent philosopher and theologian
John Cobb, WIE founder Andrew Cohen and editor Ross
Robertson discuss the core values and historical underpinnings
of Process Philosophy. This pivotal and increasingly influential
school of thought, first established by the great mathematician
and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, rejects the scientific
impulse to reduce all of nature to its basic material
components. Instead, Process Philosophy—and Process
Theology, as pioneered by Cobb and others—builds upon the
rationality of science, while maintaining that all of
creation—God, matter, life, consciousness, and evolution
itself—are intrinsic aspects of the universe, active at
all times, at all levels of activity, and throughout all of
ongoing creation.
“There is no God without a world, just as there is no world without God. We cannot think of a beginning of either.”–John Cobb
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