Douglas Scott
Awesome, Jeremy. If you would like to connect via email, my email is doug@cosmicchrist.net. In any case, the Franciscan lineage especially through Bonaventure’s Univocity of creation (with one voice), and Duns Scotus’s haecceity (the thisness or total uniqueness of this or that thing) foreshadowed process thought, albeit their theological framing was of substance/essence which Whitehead critiqued as being inherently dualistic–God and creation possessed two different substances.
Yes! good catch. When I first delved into Whitehead a little less than a year ago, I emailed my mentor, Richard Rohr, and asked if he had ever read Whitehead. He replied, “Too cold!” and then a little later, “Which means nothing.” Ha. I was surprised, to hear that he had not read Whitehead because having been immersed in Franciscanism for the last 30 years, I find this line of theo-spiritual inquiry and praxis to be quite process oriented. Francis of Assisi seemed to have planted some process seedform given what has emerged in that particular alternative orthodoxy. Ive read lots of Delio’s works. As best as I can tell, her process plane is just now landing for her, having arrived through the likes of Catholic thinkers Pannikar, Teilhard de Chardin, and more recently, her dialogs with the culture and science surrounding AI. Most recently, I have heard her be open to such topics as reincarnation, alien life, pantheism (not just panentheism), and post-institutional, post-doctrinal Christianity. I certainly track with her current process and am glad she is finding the courage to speak so freely while still holding the Catholic chair of theology at her university. In a similar vein, I published an article a couple of years ago about the similarities between Franciscanism and another process text, albeit quite esoteric. My family and I were recovering from COVID at St. Francis Inn, a Franciscan soup kitchen in Philly where we volunteer 2x a year for a couple of weeks. We didn’t that particular week, though. But I took advantage of the free time to write http://cosmicchrist.net/2022/06/05/franciscan-values-and-the-law-of-one-living-as-loving-adepts-of-the-creator/
Thanks. I’ll enjoy this.
Jeremy, thanks for seeing me so clearly. Theory incarnating as praxis is what I truly believe, and so, if you gleaned that from my work, then, yay!!
The image above is one of 17 images that I created for our class. They can be found here.
Thanks Dr. D. Cool! After the class last night, I googled pansacramentalim and found that book and ordered it.
I created an admittedly oversimplified image of panentheism when I made my blog post. But here it is, for now.
a better version
I’m interested if this image I made is helpful in terms of thinking about mental poles and physical poles.
Awesome. Thanks Chris. I’m going post some more graphs today.
Hi Charlie!where in Dallas are you? I live in Carrollton with my wife and three kids. I’m intrigued by your journey. I own and operate a private mental health practice in Farmers Branch. In addition to a masters in clinical social work, I also have a masters and pastoral theology. I am Catholic by way of faith background, but I am much more lowercase “c” catholic these days. You may already know some people in the area, but I could introduce you to a popular spiritual Director, who lives in Richardson. Also, are you familiar with the Retreat House in Richardson? You could do some training there I bet if you would be open to it, I’d love to have coffee or lunch with you at some.
Hi Eric! Thanks for sharing. I can see how process thought would fit in your occupation, too.