Scientific Nordic Paganism

      Table of Contents Ethical Pluralism and Process Theology: Comparing Static Multiplicity and Dynamic Becoming in Metaphysics, Ethics, and Reality Introduction: Processual Divinity and Plural Essences in Philosophical Dialogue In the evolving discourse of theology and philosophy, process theology and Ethical Pluralism represent innovative frameworks that grapple with change, relationality, and the human place in a dynamic cosmos. Process theology, emerging in the 20th century from the works of Alfred North Whitehead ( Process and Reality , 1929) and Charles Hartshorne, reimagines God not as an unchanging, omnipotent being but as a dipolar entity: An eternal, primordial pole of potentialities and a consequent pole that evolves with the universe. Rooted in panentheism, it views reality as a creative process of becoming, where entities (actual occasions) self-create through prehension (feeling/relating to past events), with God as the lure toward novelty, beauty, and har...

    Table of Contents Ethical Pluralism and Panentheism: Intersections of Immanence, Transcendence, and Plural Realities Introduction: The Divine Within and Beyond in Philosophical Dialogue In the ongoing exploration of how divinity intersects with the fabric of reality, panentheism and Ethical Pluralism offer compelling frameworks that bridge immanence (the divine within the world) and transcendence (the divine beyond it). Panentheism, a term coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in the 19th century but with roots in ancient thought (e.g., Plotinus' Neo-Platonism, certain Hindu Upanishads, and Christian mystics like Pseudo-Dionysius), posits that God encompasses and interpenetrates the universe while also transcending it—"all in God, but God is more than all." This view, articulated by thinkers like Alfred North Whitehead in process theology, sees reality as dynamic, with God as the inclusive ground of being that evolves with creation, fostering ethical implications ...