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Work #867 · Late

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
1989 (rev. ed.; orig. 1982) · English
Theological introduction · Late-twentieth-century American process theology

Suchocki's 1989 accessible introduction to process theology

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology (Late)
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 Scripture
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

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

The processive time of becoming.

Space

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

The relational space of God-world.

Matter

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

Process-relational actual occasions.

Observer

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

The believer in process-relational becoming.

Energy

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

Energies of God-world relation.

Information

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

The structured relational metaphysics.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

God-Christ-Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology

Suchocki's God-Christ-Church: defining work of process theology pedagogy; introduced a generation to Whiteheadian-Christian thought.