Cobb Institute

John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Brianne Donaldson
2021-05-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Event
Presenter(s): Brianne Donaldson

Topic: Jainism, Process Thought and Animal Ethics

Credentialed with a Ph.D. degree from Claremont School of Theology, where she was also an instructor, she is now Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies and Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies at University of California at Irvine. Explore her website and discover at “Events” videos of her interview about animal agriculture’s role in pandemics, and a half-hour demonstration of preparing some vegetarian dishes. Check out the syllabus for her current spring semester course, Animal Ethics and Religion. Her newest book, Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition, co-authored with Ana Bajželj (University of California Press), will be published in June, 2021.

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What is Process, Anyway?
2021-05-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Online Event
Taught by one of the world’s leading experts in process thought, Dr. Jay McDaniel will provide an introduction to some of the major themes and concepts found in process-relational philosophy and theology.

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Beauty and the Spirit
2021-05-10 08:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-03 08:00 - 17:00
Join a group of faith leaders as we explore how John O’Donohue’s idea of Beauty can serving as portal to the Spirit and provide meaning in everyday life. Led by Jay McDaniel, this four-week learning circle will reflect on selected passages from Donahue’s Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, and discuss their meaning for everyday life.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Herman Daly
2021-05-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Herman Daly

Topic: A Future for Ecological Economics?

Herman Daly was the steady-state economist at John Cobb’s 1972 conference, “Alternatives to Catastrophe.” He and John together published For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future (Beacon Press, 1989, 1994). With assistance from Cliff Cobb, they created the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW), an alternative to GDP as a measure of economic well-being. Daly, emeritus professor at University of Maryland, School of Public Policy, served from 1988 to 1994 as senior economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank. Co-founder of the journal Ecological Economics, he has won multiple awards, but he has often faced opposition from mainstream economists.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Bradley Shavit Artson
2021-04-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson

Topic: Revelation and Creativity

Rabbi Artson is Roslyn and Abner Goldstine Dean’s Chair, Professor of Philosophy at Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, Los Angeles. Listen here to his “Conversation in Process,” with Jay McDaniel.

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Breakfast with Whitehead
2021-04-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-04-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-04-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-04-05 08:00 - 09:00
Join a group of pastors and faith leaders as we explore how Whitehead’s ideas can meet us in our own religious traditions and become fertile ground for theological reflection and pastoral ministry. Led by Jay McDaniel, this four-week learning circle will focus on Whitehead’s concepts of Peace and God as found in Adventures of Ideas and Process & Reality. True to the nature of Open and Relational Theologies, we respect and welcome diversity in faith tradition, personal experience, and theological perspective.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Jeremy Lent
2021-04-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Jeremy Lent

Topic: The Web of Meaning: An Integration of Modern Science with Traditional Wisdom

Jeremy Lent has previously published The Patterning Instinct. His newest book, The Web of Meaning, has recently been generously reviewed by John Cobb. Jeremy integrates traditional Chinese wisdom traditions with the Greek-based studies of science, a theme which underlies the “Liology Institute,” which he founded. Jeremy Lent is a frequent panelist in programs sponsored by the Institute for Ecological Civilization, and appeared recently in yes! magazine’s online forum co-hosted by Andrew Schwartz, and yes! managing editor Zenobia Jeffries Warfield.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Tim Eastman
2021-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Tim Eastman

Topic: Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context

Matt Segall, chairman of the Cobb Institute’s Science Advisory Committee, will engage NASA plasma physicist Tim Eastman in conversation about his book, published in December, 2020. Eastman uses the Logoi framework—which is radically inclusive and incorporates both actuality and potentiality—to go beyond standard ways of knowing—that of context independence (science) and context focus (arts, humanities)—to demonstrate the inevitable role of ultimate context (meaning, spiritual dimension) as part of a transformative ecological vision. See Joe Petek’s review at the Process Research Project website, and the publisher’s reviews at Lexington Books.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Andrew Schwartz & Jeremy Fackenthal
2021-04-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Andrew Schwartz & Jeremy Fackenthal

Topic: Help Build a Well-Being Economy

Our friends from the Institute for Ecological Civilization will explore with us new opportunities from their partnership as a “hub” of The Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), a global collaborative. EcoCiv connectors Andrew Schwartz (Executive Vice President) and Jeremy Fackenthal (Managing Director) will be our conversation guides.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Christina Hutchins
2021-03-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Christina Hutchins

Topic: Beyond Loss, the Beauty of Life Unfolding

In her podcast interview with Jay McDaniel, poet/pastor/theologian Christina Hutchins said she was drawn to Whitehead because he deals with “perishing in the midst of becoming.” He takes loss seriously. Hutchins identified Holy Week as one of her favorite parts of the Christian calendar. Beyond the reality of loss is also the reaching out of Jesus from the place of suffering. Life is affirmed in congregation. Adventures of ideas never cease to be life-changing, with more beauty and love to unfold. Her sharing of poetry will remind us that life matters! Trust yourself to it as a swimmer trusts in water!

Find more about Christina Hutchins—poet, process philosopher/theologian, teacher/workshop leader, speaker/retreat facilitator—at her website.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Angela Yu
2021-03-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Angela Yu

Topic: The Role of Process Thought in Creating an Eco-Community in Rural China

This young Chinese woman working with iconic fashion magazines was depressed by her city’s environmental pollution. Now she’s back on the farm, and building up an ecological community of 30,000 farmers in her hometown Shandong Province. This farmer is also a writer, postmodern thinker, and art-lover. She serves as director of the Eco-Project at the Institute for Postmodern Development of China, and she is advisor of the Global network for Ecological Education that IPDC is creating. Hear her story!

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - David Ray Griffin
2021-03-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): David Ray Griffin

Topic: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Question of Global Democracy

Co-founder with John Cobb of the Center for Process Studies, Dr, Griffin will discuss his just published book. Process Century Press publisher Jeanyne Slettom will facilitate our conversation.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Rafael Reyes III
2021-03-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): Rafael Reyes III

Topic: Reflections of a Flame: Religious Becoming in Henry Corbin and Alfred North Whitehead

Dr. Reyes is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Director of Information Literacy and Library Services, New York Theological Seminary.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - John Grim
2021-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Presenter(s): John Grim

Topic: Indigenous Humanities in an Era of Ecological Civilization

Dr. John Grim is the Coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale with Mary Evelyn Tucker, and they are series editors of “World Religions and Ecology” from Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions. He has taught courses in Environmental History and Values, Native American and Indigenous religions, World Religions and Ecology.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Ezra Wilson
2021-02-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Braver Angels: Inspiring the Beloved Community

Presenter(s): Ezra Wilson

Do our politics have to be demonizing? Ezra Wilson is an author, storyteller and video creator whose lifelong quest has led him from Evangelical Christianity to a broad-based interfaith perspective. His spiritual mentors include Charles Hartshorne, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thich Nhat Hanh, David Bentley Hart and Alfred North Whitehead. From his experience in 2012 with “Rednecks for Obama” he learned a politics that sees beyond stereotypes.

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Process of Gardening
2021-02-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-02-11 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-02-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-01-28 18:00 - 19:00
Learn how to create your own food producing garden in this four-class series.

Jan 28th Class 1: Getting Started (Sung Sohn and Kat Reeves)

• The garden in process• Sacred work–listen to the earth• What to plant and when• Preparing the ground–a partnership• Raised beds vs planting in the ground• Seeds–the future banquet

Feb 4th Class 2: Kissing the Earth (Elinor Crescenzi)

• Soil is holy• Composting• Outside of class: View movie Kiss the Ground

Feb 11th Class 3: Collaboration with Nature (Stephen Yorba)

• Planting from seed• Pests• The elements–water, sun, weather• Pollination• Garden helpers–ladybugs and bees

Feb 18th Class 4: The Harvest (Kat Reeves & Stephen Yorba)

• When to harvest• How to prune• Gratitude• Saving seeds• Urban harvest–extra food and community• A process approach to growing food, grocery stores and factory farming• Recipe exchange

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Rebecca Parker
2021-02-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Why play the cello in a suffering, unjust world?

Presenter(s): Rebecca Parker

A student of John Cobb, the Rev. Dr. Parker has clergy standing in both United Methodist and Unitarian Universalist affiliations. She was Professor of Theology and President of Starr King School for the Ministry, 1990-2014, and is now a board member of the Braxton Institute. (She’s bringing her cello!)

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Jesus's Mission and Ours
2021-02-14 11:00 - 12:00
“Jesus’s Mission and Ours” is the theme of a series of conversations that will take place each Sunday from January 10 through February 14, 11:00 a.m. to noon, featuring John Cobb. The series is being sponsored and hosted by John’s church community, Claremont United Methodist Church. Each conversation will focus on a portion of his most recent book, Salvation, and will be facilitated by Ron Hines.

TOPIC FOR FEBRUARY 14th: What Is Our Church Saving?

Jesus announced the basileia theou (divine commonwealth) in his mission to save his people from Rome and from their own proclivity to violence. To follow Jesus today is to adopt the most inclusive mission in our day—“to save the world from the self-destruction on which it now seems bent.” John is frank about the dilemmas in freeing American self-understanding from its “Christianism” and “modern” metaphysics. He likens Jesus’s mission to today’s invitation to an “ecological civilization,” which is called for in the constitution of China, and he celebrates the emergence of “communities of communities” and “ecological economics.” The book summarizes a lifetime of reflection by this eminent scholar in our midst, and gives insight into his current popularity in China.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Jeremy Fackenthal
2021-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Common Good Film Festival: A Teaser

Presenter(s): Jeremy Fackenthal

Sample some of the 2021 films and experience the current festival director’s invitation into this 20-year-old process community tradition. It will be offered online February 12-15. Visit commongoodfilms.org to find out more about this year’s films and to check out festival founder Marjorie Suchocki’s answer to the question “Why Whitehead?”

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Jesus's Mission and Ours
2021-02-07 11:00 - 12:00
“Jesus’s Mission and Ours” is the theme of a series of conversations that will take place each Sunday from January 10 through February 14, 11:00 a.m. to noon, featuring John Cobb. The series is being sponsored and hosted by John’s church community, Claremont United Methodist Church. Each conversation will focus on a portion of his most recent book, Salvation, and will be facilitated by Ron Hines.

TOPIC FOR FEBRUARY 7th: Follow Jesus’s Call to Compassion! (chapters 12, 13)

Jesus announced the basileia theou (divine commonwealth) in his mission to save his people from Rome and from their own proclivity to violence. To follow Jesus today is to adopt the most inclusive mission in our day—“to save the world from the self-destruction on which it now seems bent.” John is frank about the dilemmas in freeing American self-understanding from its “Christianism” and “modern” metaphysics. He likens Jesus’s mission to today’s invitation to an “ecological civilization,” which is called for in the constitution of China, and he celebrates the emergence of “communities of communities” and “ecological economics.” The book summarizes a lifetime of reflection by this eminent scholar in our midst, and gives insight into his current popularity in China.

Purchase the book using the link here, and the Cobb Institute will receive a small percentage of the revenue.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - Christine Loh
2021-02-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Asia’s Climate Optimism: Toward Carbon Neutrality

Presenter(s): Christine Loh

Christine Loh, a former Under-Secretary for Environment and a Legislative Councilor, is Chief Development Strategist at the Institute for the Environment at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is now at UCLA as Visiting Professor, Anderson School of Management. She brings a practical lens to “Ecological Civilization” in Asia.

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Jesus's Mission and Ours
2021-01-31 11:00 - 12:00
“Jesus’s Mission and Ours” is the theme of a series of conversations that will take place each Sunday from January 10 through February 14, 11:00 a.m. to noon, featuring John Cobb. The series is being sponsored and hosted by John’s church community, Claremont United Methodist Church. Each conversation will focus on a portion of his most recent book, Salvation, and will be facilitated by Ron Hines.

TOPIC FOR JANUARY 31st: Can Americans Be Saved? (chapters 9, 10, 11)

Jesus announced the basileia theou (divine commonwealth) in his mission to save his people from Rome and from their own proclivity to violence. To follow Jesus today is to adopt the most inclusive mission in our day—“to save the world from the self-destruction on which it now seems bent.” John is frank about the dilemmas in freeing American self-understanding from its “Christianism” and “modern” metaphysics. He likens Jesus’s mission to today’s invitation to an “ecological civilization,” which is called for in the constitution of China, and he celebrates the emergence of “communities of communities” and “ecological economics.” The book summarizes a lifetime of reflection by this eminent scholar in our midst, and gives insight into his current popularity in China.

Purchase the book using the link here, and the Cobb Institute will receive a small percentage of the revenue.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering - David Orr
2021-01-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: The Hill We Climb? 6 Questions About Our Current Condition

Presenter(s): David Orr

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