Topic: Babbling on About Pluralism

Presenters: John Becker

Today’s title is taken from a chapter Dr. Becker wrote in the book he co-edited with Marc A. Pugliese, Process Thought and Roman Catholicism: Challenges and Promises. Becker, a Research Fellow of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China, has accompanied John Cobb to China. He is newsletter editor and board member of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. He earned a Master’s degree in Historical Preservation at CalPoly Pomona, and a Ph.D. in philosophy and religious studies from the Claremont School of Theology. He has taught courses at Loyola Marymount College, University of the West, and most recently at Lyon College, where he has been Assistant Professor of Philosophy. (At his LinkedIn page scroll to his posts about the skateboarding course this Southern California native taught in the Arkansas school.) His research interests are broad, including Buddhist-Christian studies, eco-theology, process philosophy, and religious pluralism. He was honored to receive the 2017 Young Scholar Award of the International Process Network. Becker’s lecture at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies in the section “Beyond Dialogue and Deep Religious Pluralism” is available at this YouTube link.

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