process theology
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Process theology is a modern theological movement that portrays God and reality as dynamic, relational, and evolving, drawing heavily on process philosophy and emphasizing continual change and co-creation in the universe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| process theology canonical | 4 |
| Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: process theology Context triple: [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, movement, process theology]
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Scholastic theology
Scholastic theology is the medieval Christian intellectual tradition that systematically applied philosophy and logic, especially Aristotelian thought, to explain and defend theological doctrines.
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Augustinian theology
Augustinian theology is a major strand of Western Christian thought rooted in the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo, emphasizing divine grace, original sin, and the sovereignty of God in salvation.
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Christian theology
Christian theology is the systematic study and interpretation of Christian beliefs about God, Jesus Christ, salvation, and the nature of reality as revealed in Scripture and tradition.
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New Divinity theology
New Divinity theology was an 18th–19th century New England Calvinist movement, developed by followers of Jonathan Edwards, that emphasized God’s moral government, human responsibility, and disinterested benevolence.
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Views in Theology
"Views in Theology" is a 19th-century collection of theological essays and sermons by American Presbyterian minister Lyman Beecher, reflecting his influential Calvinist and revivalist perspectives.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: process theology Target entity description: Process theology is a modern theological movement that portrays God and reality as dynamic, relational, and evolving, drawing heavily on process philosophy and emphasizing continual change and co-creation in the universe.
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A.
Scholastic theology
Scholastic theology is the medieval Christian intellectual tradition that systematically applied philosophy and logic, especially Aristotelian thought, to explain and defend theological doctrines.
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B.
Augustinian theology
Augustinian theology is a major strand of Western Christian thought rooted in the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo, emphasizing divine grace, original sin, and the sovereignty of God in salvation.
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C.
Christian theology
Christian theology is the systematic study and interpretation of Christian beliefs about God, Jesus Christ, salvation, and the nature of reality as revealed in Scripture and tradition.
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D.
New Divinity theology
New Divinity theology was an 18th–19th century New England Calvinist movement, developed by followers of Jonathan Edwards, that emphasized God’s moral government, human responsibility, and disinterested benevolence.
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E.
Views in Theology
"Views in Theology" is a 19th-century collection of theological essays and sermons by American Presbyterian minister Lyman Beecher, reflecting his influential Calvinist and revivalist perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theology
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philosophical theology ⓘ school of theology ⓘ theological movement ⓘ |
| affirms |
divine passibility
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that God has a changing, experiential aspect ⓘ that God knows possibilities as possibilities ⓘ that the future is not exhaustively fixed ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
ecological theology
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interreligious dialogue ⓘ liberation theology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
David Ray Griffin
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John B. Cobb Jr. ⓘ Lewis S. Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki ⓘ Schubert M. Ogden ⓘ |
| critiquedBy |
classical theists
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some evangelical theologians ⓘ |
| critiquedFor |
challenging classical doctrines of omnipotence
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modifying traditional doctrines of divine foreknowledge ⓘ |
| denies |
a timeless, wholly impassible God
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absolute divine immutability in the classical sense ⓘ |
| developedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
God’s relationality with creatures
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becoming rather than static being ⓘ change ⓘ co-creation between God and the world ⓘ divine immanence ⓘ dynamic reality ⓘ persuasive rather than coercive divine power ⓘ relational reality ⓘ the importance of temporal process ⓘ the openness of the future ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
God’s consequent nature
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God’s primordial nature ⓘ actual occasions ⓘ creative advance ⓘ dipolar theism ⓘ panexperientialism ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalBasis | process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred North Whitehead
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American pragmatism ⓘ Charles Hartshorne ⓘ process metaphysics ⓘ |
| views |
God as affected by the world
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God as changing in some respects ⓘ God as experiencing temporal succession ⓘ reality as a web of interrelated events ⓘ the world as composed of processes rather than substances ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition