Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World

Given the current sense of helplessness in dealing with environmental change and other urgent issues, a new world view is needed that emphasizes the unique contribution that individual citizens can make to the common good as opposed to their individual needs and desires. In a recent encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis set forth reasons from Scripture and Church teaching for this shift in perspective, but he did not provide a philosophically based foundation for this change of heart. To fill that gap, Joseph Bracken examines key writings of process-oriented philosophers like Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead along with systems-oriented thinkers like Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Ervin Laszlo to create a systems-oriented understanding of the God-world relation.

ISBN:	9781978709782
Publisher:	Fortress Academic
Imprint:	Fortress Academic
Published date:	25 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	201.77
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiii, 153
Weight:	398g
Height:	158mm
Width:	237mm
Spine width:	20mm

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