Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Metaphysics -- 1. The Basics -- Can you describe a Christian process theology in just a few pages? -- Metaphysics seems remote and obscure. Do Christians really need to be concerned about it? -- How does process theology relate to the "new atheism"? -- What is the process view of angels and demons? -- Where does process theology stand on the issue of free will? -- How does process theology account for the uniqueness of the human person? -- 2. God -- Is God immanent or transcendent? -- Is it correct to think of God as the dominant occasion in the universe? -- What is a very simple defi nition of the concept of "aims," as in "God's aims" for me or us? -- Is God's "aim" similar to God's "call"? -- What does it mean to say that God includes such things as genocide, rape, and murder in both the primordial nature and the consequent nature? How then can God be good? -- How do you answer the criticism that the God of process theology is "weak"? -- 3. Whitehead and the Process Tradition -- Who is a Whiteheadian? -- What is distinctive of Whitehead in relation to other process theologians? -- What is the difference between Whitehead and Hartshorne? -- Has process theology "backed the wrong horse"? -- PART TWO: Science -- 4. Evolution and Ecology -- How does process theology respond to the challenge of modern science? -- Does science support belief in God? -- How do you deal with what is often called "ensoulment" in stem cell research-that is, at what point is an embryo a person? -- Does process theology support those who promote "intelligent design" as explanatory of evolution? -- What does process theology have to say about "inconvenient truths"? -- 5. Economics -- Can process theology contribute to our refl ection about the crisis in the fi nancial sector?.

Can process theology shed light on the 2008-2009 fi nancial meltdown? -- PART THREE: Faith -- 6. Christology -- How do you understand incarnation? -- Why was Jesus more receptive to God's aims than the rest of us? -- What is the process view of redemption? -- How does process theology answer the question of bodily resurrection? -- Does it make sense to say that Jesus is really present in the eucharist? -- 7. The Problem of Evil -- Why does God not intervene in the face of historical evil? -- How does process theology explain natural evils? -- What are your views on sin and evil? I wouldn't posit a literal existence for the devil, but I have the sense that there's something agentlike about evil that seems unaccounted for by process theology. -- What is God's reason for allowing suffering? What is its nature? -- 8. Christian Beliefs -- Do you agree with David Griffi n that appraisal of the evidence in the process perspective leads to belief in life after death? If so, should we anticipate rewards and punishments? -- Must salvation be attained prior to death as my fundamentalist friends insist? -- What kind of assurance can process theology offer? -- If God doesn't intervene, what is the point of intercessory prayer? -- Many process theologians seem to shy away from the doctrine of the Trinity, but isn't a trinitarian understanding of God essential to Christian faith? -- 9. Religious Pluralism -- What is the relationship between process, evangelical, and liberal theologies? -- Are there similarities between Eastern Orthodoxy and process theology? -- Can process thought help improve the understanding of Islam and build bridges to it? -- "No one comes to the Father except by me" ( Jn. 14:6) is a stumbling block to interreligious dialogue. How do you exegete this verse? Can it be understood in a less exclusivist way? -- Bibliography.