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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-2/2024-01-04/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T170000
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SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: The Not-Yet God and the Relational Whole
DESCRIPTION:The new science\, especially quantum physics\, has changed our understanding of space\, time and matter; hence it raises new questions on the meaning of God. Is God outside space and time? Or is God integral to the unfolding of the universe? If consciousness is fundamental to matter\, is consciousness fundamental to the reality of God as well? We will discuss these questions and more as we explore the essential role of consciousness in relation to the religious experience of God. \n\n\n\nWe’ll discuss Ilia’s latest book\, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung\, Teilhard de Chardin\, and the Relational Whole. \n\n\n\nRSVP required to receive ZOOM info. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP at Process & Faith\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the following:
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-pop-up-the-not-yet-god-and-the-relational-whole/
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Thought & Practice
DESCRIPTION:Entering the Horizon of Process Ways of Understanding and Living\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis four-session course provides an introduction to the process tradition by examining key ideas in Whitehead’s philosophy\, exploring some general ideas that flow from his philosophy\, and considering applications of these ideas in personal life and community development\, as guided by four ideals that are shared by process thinkers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/introduction-to-thought-practice/2024-01-09/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240111T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240111T090000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-2/2024-01-11/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240115T143000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Processing Difference & Repetition
DESCRIPTION:A Collective Processing of Gilles Deleuze’s Masterpiece\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProcessing Difference & Repetition is a learning circle dedicated to exploring Gilles Deleuze’s seminal work\, Difference and Repetition. Its goal is to collectively process the rich themes within the book\, occasionally identify resonances with the larger process tradition\, and foster insightful discussions along the way. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-processing-difference-repetition/2024-01-15/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240116T160000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Thought & Practice
DESCRIPTION:Entering the Horizon of Process Ways of Understanding and Living\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis four-session course provides an introduction to the process tradition by examining key ideas in Whitehead’s philosophy\, exploring some general ideas that flow from his philosophy\, and considering applications of these ideas in personal life and community development\, as guided by four ideals that are shared by process thinkers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/introduction-to-thought-practice/2024-01-16/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240117T170000
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SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: A Beautiful Community & Its Economic Adventure
DESCRIPTION:If capitalism doesn’t work for people and the environment\, what does work? Capital itself may not be the problem\, but only in the way it is regulated. In this process pop-up a different approach to capital\, following Herman Daly\, John Cobb\, and several related thinkers\, is played out in the practical workings of an imaginary community. Is such a community feasible\, and who would want to become a member? Kent Myers will explore these questions and present a new economic vision for ecological civilization. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Environmental degradation must be shown to result from the scale of the economy in general rather than only from allocative mistakes that can be corrected while throughput continues to grow exponentially.” \n-For the Common Good\, 375\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION\n\n\n\nCapitalism has a lot of downsides\, but it is not entirely obvious how to proceed differently in an ecological civilization. A fictional character\, Henry\, has been reading Whitehead\, Daly\, Cobb\, and several other economic thinkers. This motivates him to hang up his conventional lifestyle and found an intentional community called Adventure Park that will subject his readings to a practical test. Henry acquires land and recruits members who agree to pursue adventures with him. The members have been struggling in the conventional economy but find that they are able to flourish\, each in their own way\, in this new micro-economy. Their communitarian lifestyle is hard but it is also\, as they say\, “like a picnic.” Perhaps ironically\, the key element that makes it all run is capital\, a kind of capital that is aligned to human needs and to the cosmic process of creativity.  \n\n\n\nAre the radical features of Adventure Park feasible? Kent Myers thinks they are. For his final project as part of the certificate program in process thought & practice\, he wrote a fictional narrative (summarized above) to explore the possibility of radically re-imagining the role of capital. Successful implementation of such a vision may require commitments that many of us are unwilling to make. We invite you to join us for this special event in which he will share the full story and imagine some novel possibilities with participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“A sustained willingness to change depends on a love of the earth that human beings once felt strongly\, but that has been thinned and demeaned as the land was commodified.” \n-For the Common Good\, 380\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKent Myers is a graduate of the Cobb Institute’s Certificate in Process & Practice program. He holds a PhD in Social Systems Sciences from Wharton/Penn. Nearly retired\, he has spent his career in management consulting for the federal government.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-pop-up-a-beautiful-community-its-economic-adventure/
CATEGORIES:Pop-Up
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T080000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-2/2024-01-18/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Philip Clayton
DESCRIPTION:Topic: The Process Vision for Constructive Dialogue with China on Ecological Civilization: Concrete Steps \n\n\n\nPresenters: Philip Clayton \n\n\n\nJohn Cobb urged us to invite Philip Clayton for conversation.  At the time of President Xi’s visit to the US\, John sent this note:  “Philip attended  the meeting in San Francisco and has been invited to write for the Beijing Daily and to work with the Xinhua news group.  I am more hopeful about lasting peace with China than I have been for some time.  I hope you can invite him to talk to us on a Tuesday morning.”  Philip has already made significant contributions to conversations of the Living Earth Movement\, which John Cobb founded to seek better cooperation of the US and China to care for the planet we share. Philip has long supported the work of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China\, and his book Organic Marxism: An Alternative to Capitalism and Ecological Catastrophe (Toward Ecological Civilization) has received extensive attention among some Chinese scholars.  \n\n\n\nPhilip is the president of the Institute for Ecological Civilization. As a visionary thinker\, Philip leads EcoCiv in expanding and deepening its mission at the intersections of environment and humanity. With several decades of experience in university-based research\, teaching\, and lecturing\, Philip is involved in the conceptual development of all EcoCiv’s projects and ensures mission fit. In particular\, he helps project leaders think about intersectional societal changes relevant for their particular projects. Philip holds the PhD from Yale University; has held guest professorships at Harvard\, University of Cambridge\, and University of Munich; and is the author or editor of several dozen books and some 300 articles on science\, ethics\, and religion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom info for this gathering\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.  \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to receive regular announcements and updates about activities and events at the Cobb Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2024-01-23/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Thought & Practice
DESCRIPTION:Entering the Horizon of Process Ways of Understanding and Living\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis four-session course provides an introduction to the process tradition by examining key ideas in Whitehead’s philosophy\, exploring some general ideas that flow from his philosophy\, and considering applications of these ideas in personal life and community development\, as guided by four ideals that are shared by process thinkers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/introduction-to-thought-practice/2024-01-23/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240125T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240125T090000
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SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-2/2024-01-25/
CATEGORIES:Learning Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240129T170000
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SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: Process\, Pluralism\, and Respecting Diverse Religious Ultimates
DESCRIPTION:Ultimate reality is often characterized in terms of what are thought to be a variety of incompatible concepts\, like God\, Dao\, Brahman\, śūnyatā\, etc. In his new book\, Religious Pluralism: Towards a Comparative Metaphysics of Religion\, Matthew S. LoPresti suggests that shifting to a process understanding of the world allows us to engage multiple religious ultimates alongside diverse religious practices and programs for salvation. \n\n\n\nIn this event\, LoPresti will share key ideas from his book to describe a “meta-theology” of world religions\, arguing that both Western and non-Western traditions are helpful. He’ll draw from John B. Cobb’s Whiteheadian “deep religious pluralism” as well as South Asian philosophy\, Western analytic philosophy\, and the writings of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew S. LoPresti\, PhD (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa) is Chair of the Asian Studies Program at Hawai‘i Pacific University and has been teaching philosophy since 1999. While at HPU (since 2004) he has expanded his teaching to include courses in religious studies and the inter-disciplinary humanities. He is currently developing a course on Yoga Philosophy. \n\n\n\nA specialist in South Asian and Comparative Philosophy as well as Philosophy of Religion\, his primary area of research has been in developing a metaphysical basis for a genuine religious pluralism. He has published several articles in comparative philosophy and philosophy of religion and serves as a referee for Comparative Philosophy. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP at Process & Faith\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the following:
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-pop-up-process-pluralism-and-respecting-diverse-religious-ultimates/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240130T100000
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SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Lília Dias Marianno
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Love and terror: gender\, diversity\, and inclusion in biblical narratives \n\n\n\nPresenters: Lília Dias Marianno \n\n\n\nWe were delighted to hear from Dra. Marianno\, a member of the International Process Network who has been a Fellow of the Center for Process Studies that she had just published the book\, Love and terror:  Gender\, diversity and inclusion in biblical narratives.  She said\, “It is with great joy that I announce the launch of my first book on biblical exegesis with process-relational hermeneutics\, which is\, in fact\, the 10th book I have authored.”  Here is what she shared with us: \n\n\n\n“Since Ronald Farmer was at a Biblical Research conference that I coordinated in 2012 in Brazil I have persisted in process hermeneutics as the methodological path for resolving conflicts of religious intolerance in several areas\, especially in the field of gender diversity and unrestricted inclusion of LGBT+ people in faith communities\, which in Brazil is still a major problem.“It is my way of paying tribute to Jorge Pixley\, a long-time friend in Latin American biblical research and who was the person responsible for  my first contacts with Processual Thought in Biblical Theology. Who knows\, maybe one day we can publish it in English? If any editor is interested I can think about the translation. \n\n\n\n“Summary: \n\n\n\nPresentation………………………………………………………….Introduction………………………………………………………….1. Understand this book…………………………………………..2. Process exegetical approach in Judges 19-21…………….3. Exegesis in Genesis texts……………………………………..4. Exegesis in Leviticus 18 and 20……………………………..5. Exegesis in “texts of horror” from Paul……………………6. Loving texts through the Bible………………………………7. Inconsistent holiness………………………………………….. \n\n\n\nEpilogue……………………………………………………………….   \n\n\n\nWhen we asked Doctora Marianno to introduce her book to Cobb & Friends\, she said\, “I am very\, very glad to return to Cobb and friends a little about the big education about Process Thought that I received from you.”  Here are various ways you may learn more about her:  Linked In\, ORCID\, Academia.edu\,     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom info for this gathering\, click the Going button and enter your name and email.  \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to receive regular announcements and updates about activities and events at the Cobb Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings.
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2024-01-30/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Thought & Practice
DESCRIPTION:Entering the Horizon of Process Ways of Understanding and Living\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis four-session course provides an introduction to the process tradition by examining key ideas in Whitehead’s philosophy\, exploring some general ideas that flow from his philosophy\, and considering applications of these ideas in personal life and community development\, as guided by four ideals that are shared by process thinkers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE
URL:https://cobb.institute/event/introduction-to-thought-practice/2024-01-30/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Class
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