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Work #869 · Mid

The Divine Relativity

Charles Hartshorne
1948 (Yale Terry Lectures 1947) · English
Philosophical-theological treatise · Mid-twentieth-century American process theism

Hartshorne's 1948 founding work of dipolar process theism — God as social being

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Attribute The Divine Relativity (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Discrete
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Relational
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Relational
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Relational
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Divine Relativity

The processive time of God's related being.

Space

The Divine Relativity

The space of God-world relation.

Matter

The Divine Relativity

The relational becoming of all matter.

Observer

The Divine Relativity

The philosophical-theological thinker.

Energy

The Divine Relativity

Energies of relational becoming.

Information

The Divine Relativity

The dipolar metaphysics of God.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Divine Relativity

Hartshorne's Divine Relativity: founding work of dipolar process theism; central reference for process theology and the modern doctrine of God.