Here are a number of postings by process thinkers, theologians,
social activists, pastors, and laity to read since the last spring quarterly.
Enjoy! - re slater
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| Photo courtesy Matthew Sleeper |
SUMMER 2024
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep.
Something must be done with them. – Alfred North Whitehead
WHAT IS ADVENTURE?
ad·ven·ture | ədˈven(t)SHər | noun
an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity
an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity
Most adventures are fun but sometimes they are full of danger. Adventure introduces us to something new that we have not encountered before.
In Whitehead's ontology, the basic units of reality are "actual occasions" or "actual entities." These are dynamic events of experience that continuously arise and perish. Each actual occasion incorporates the past, synthesizes it with novel elements of creativity, and gives rise to a new experiential reality. Talk about adventure!
Within this framework, "adventure" can be understood as the ongoing process of actual occasions unfolding and evolving. Each moment of experience is an adventure in itself, as it involves the exploration of possibilities, the integration of past influences, and the emergence of new forms of actuality.
Please join us for explorations into multiple experiences of adventure.
“If we want a society in which the sense of belonging is strong, people are concerned for one another, and there is strong commitment to the common good, we need a metaphysics that shows that we are in fact part of larger societies and have no existence apart from our relations to others.” - John Cobb
In This Issue
- Facing Dragons: Adventures in Imagination, by Alex Rajczi
- Plus Ultra: Reflections on Holy Adventure, by Bruce Epperly
- The Final Journey, by Kathleen Reeves
- Ubuntu: The Idea Gets Bigger, by Dr. Richard Rose
- On the Topic of Adventure, from the Cobb Institute Blogs
- Adventures in Reading, by Lynn De Jonghe