A House for Hope: A Study in Process and Biblical Thought

A House for Hope

Book Details

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 978-0-664-20931-5

Pages: 183

Publisher: Westminster Press

Year Published: 1972

Weight: 9.9 oz

Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 in

$19.95

$9.95

A House for Hope was the first attempt to use process theology to explain the possibilites of hope for our era. Beardslee made a radical interpretation of Christ from the perspectives of Whiteheadian philosophy and panentheistic theology, all while being firmly based in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Table of Contents
Part One: Hope and God
I.      Sex
II.    The Creative Act
III.   The Iinfinite

Part Two: Hope and Christian Faith
IV.    Secularization
V.     Expecting the End
VI.    Participating in the Future
VII.   Eternal Life
VIII. Christ and Jesus

Appendix: A Note on Whitehead's Terminology