Stubborn Fact and Creative Advance

Thomas E. Hosinski is professor at the University of Portland in Oregon.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Whitehead and His Philosophy of OrganismPart 2 Part I: Human Experience and Actual EntitiesChapter 3 Human Experience and Common SenseChapter 4 The Theory of Concrescence: Initial PhaseChapter 5 Theory of Concrescence: Responsive and Integrative PhasesChapter 6 The Theory of Concrescence: The Supplemental Phases in "Higher Grade" OccasionsChapter 7 Societies and Grades of Actual OccasionsPart 8 Part II: God and the WorldChapter 9 The Primordial Nature of God: The Unity of ActualityChapter 10 The Ultimacy of GodPart 11 Part III: Whitehead and Christian TheologyChapter 12 The Usefulness of Whitehead's Philosophy for Christian Theology

At last, however, we have in Hosinski's fine book an exceptional approachable introduction to process thought, and one especially apt for those who wish to examine its theological possibilities.