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Summary
Process theology argues that the reality of God is not fixed and that God himself is still developing. From this point of view, God is "dipolar" - that is, has two "poles", one mental and one physical. The physical pole is the material world itself, which acts almost as God's "body".
Because of this relationship, God is partly distinct and partly immersed in the world - just as we are in our bodies. As a result, any suffering in creation is also undergone by God, and creation itself is seen as a cooperation between God and all other beings. Whether this cooperation actually takes place is thus up to humanity - in other words, God cannot force humans to do His will, but can only influence them.
History
Process philosophy is the idea that reality is in a state of change and development. From this point of view, no opinion of how the world is can always be true.
Although the idea can be traced back to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus (lived around 500 BC), the idea again became popular in the nineteenth century with the advent of the theory of evolution.
However, the philosophy is now most commonly associated with the English philosopher, Alfred North Whithead (1861-1947), and his book Process and Reality: an Essay in Cosmology (1929) is considered one of the most important expositions of process philosophy.
The main application of Whitehead's position was put forward by his pupil, the American philosopher Charles Hartstone (1897- ), whose main works include The Divine Relativity (1948) and The Logic of Perfection (1962).
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