Andrew Davis: Philosophical Foundations of Process Thinking (Video Series)

Andrew Davis:

Philosophical Foundations
of Process Thinking (Video Series)

28 Videos

The videos below, featuring talks by Andrew Davis, are an excellent introduction to Whitehead's philosophy and his understanding of God. Perfect for individuals and group study. The videos come from lectures offered by Andrew Davis in the Process Summer Intensive 2021, sponsored by the Center for Process Studies and Process and Faith.. If you are especially interested in reading Whitehead's Process and Reality, you might also enjoy the Whitehead video series, offered by Jay McDaniel.

1. What are Process Theologians Up To?
2. Dismissing Metaphysics: Reasons 1&2
3. Dismissing Metaphysics: Reasons 3,4 &5
4. Ancient Process Intuitions and Thematic Dichotomy
5. Modern Process Thinkers: Some Bold Points
6. The Philosophy of Organism
7. Experience All the Way Down
8. Whitehead's Metaphysical Soil: The Actual Entity
9. Rocks, Trees, Consciousness
10. Evolution, Novelty and Value
11. Possibilities as Inherently Value-Laden
12. Value and the Essence of the Universe
13. What are Eternal Objects?
14. Cosmic Epochs and Primordial Time
15. The Ontological Principle and Possibility

16. God and the Limitation of the Possible
17. Dipolar God
18. The Primordial Nature of God
19. The Consequent Nature of God
20. Poetic Creation
21. The Idolatrous Entanglement of God and Caesar
22. Theistic Philosophy Vs. The Galilean Vision
23. A New Reformation: Plato, Jesus and the Immanence of God
24. Process Panentheism: Transcendence, Immanence, Creativity
25. Panentheism: Themes, Images, Attributes
26. Reasons for the Panentheistic Turn
27. The Religious Availability of Whitehead's God
28. Concluding Existential Transitions

1. What are Process Theologians Up To?

4. Ancient Process Intuitions and Thematic Dichotomy

7. Experience All the Way Down

10. Evolution, Novelty and Value

13. What are Eternal Objects?

16. God and the Limitation of the Possible

19. The Consequent Nature of God

22. Theistic Philosophy Vs. The Galilean Vision

25. Panentheism: Themes, Images, Attributes

2. Dismissing Metaphysics: 1&2

5. Modern Process Thinkers: Some Bold Points

8. The Actual Entity

11. Possibilities as Inherently Value-Laden

14. Cosmic Epochs and Primordial Time

17. Dipolar God

20. Poetic Creation

23. Plato, Jesus and the Immanence of God

26. Reasons for the Panentheistic Turn

3. Dismissing Metaphysics: 3,4 & 5

6. The Philosophy of Organism

9. Rocks, Trees, Consciousness

12. Value and the Essence of the Universe

15. The Ontological Principle and Possibility

18. The Primordial Nature of God

21. The Entanglement of God and Caesar

24. Process Panentheism: Transcendence, Immanence, Creativity

27. The Religious Availability of Whitehead's God

* Andrew M. Davis is a philosopher, theologian, and scholar of world religions. He holds B.A. in Philosophy and Theology, an M.A. in Interreligious Studies, and a Ph.D. in Religion and Process Philosophy from Claremont School of Theology (CST). He is a poet, aphorist and author or editor of four books including How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere: An Anthology of Spiritual Memoirs (2018, with Philip Clayton); Propositions in the Making: Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory (2019, with Roland Faber and Michael Halewood); Depths as Yet Unspoken: Whiteheadian Excursions in Mysticism, Multiplicity, and Divinity (2020, with Roland Faber); and Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy (Lexington). For more about Andrew’s work and research interests, visit his website at andrewmdavis.info.