Whitehead's Religious Thought: From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion

Presents the process theistic thought of Whitehead as a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism.

This original interpretation of the religious thought of Alfred North Whitehead highlights Whitehead's moves from mechanism to organism, and from force to persuasion to offer a third alternative between classical theism and religious skepticism. Daniel A. Dombrowski argues that the move from force to persuasion, in particular, is not only fundamental to Whitehead's own...