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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.

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Time

The Divine Relativity

The processive time of God's related being.

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Space

The Divine Relativity

The space of God-world relation.

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Matter

The Divine Relativity

The relational becoming of all matter.

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Observer

The Divine Relativity

The philosophical-theological thinker.

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Energy

The Divine Relativity

Energies of relational becoming.

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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.