From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne

Number: 26 September 1, 2011
  • Özgür Koca
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From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne

Abstract

Major religious traditions devote significant effort to understand the nature of the relationship between God and the world. The lure of this discussion stems from the profound implications it bears on humanity’s religious experience. The fundamental questions pertaining, especially, to the psychological aspects of human religiosity are answered with an eye on the metaphysical assumptions on the God-cosmos relationship. Charles Hartshorne, one of the most influential philosophers of religion of the last century, develops a set of metaphysical concepts in order to understand the God-cosmos relationship in the age of science. In his system, God and the world exist in a dynamic and mutually enriching relationship, and the immanence or dependence of God upon the world is the most notable hallmark. In this article, I first critically examine Hartshorne’s ideas on the nature of the God-cosmos relationship and, within the larger context, the process philosophy of Alfred N. Whitehead and Hartshorne himself, with a special focus on the development of these ideas. I, then, turn to formulate some critical questions and, from an Islamic point of view, indicate some possible inconsistencies in Hartshorne’s system of thought.

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Özgür Koca This is me

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September 1, 2011

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Year 2011 Number: 26

APA
Koca, Ö. (2011). From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, 26, 81-92. https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW
AMA
1.Koca Ö. From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2011;(26):81-92. https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW
Chicago
Koca, Özgür. 2011. “From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement With Charles Hartshorne”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 26: 81-92. https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW.
EndNote
Koca Ö (September 1, 2011) From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi 26 81–92.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Koca, “From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne”, İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 26, pp. 81–92, Sept. 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW
ISNAD
Koca, Özgür. “From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement With Charles Hartshorne”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 26 (September 1, 2011): 81-92. https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW.
JAMA
1.Koca Ö. From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2011;:81–92.
MLA
Koca, Özgür. “From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement With Charles Hartshorne”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 26, Sept. 2011, pp. 81-92, https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW.
Vancouver
1.Özgür Koca. From Process to God: A Muslim’s Critical Engagement with Charles Hartshorne. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 1;(26):81-92. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA44UA69JW