Metaphysics, Theology, and Self : Relational

Professor Oliver's essays propose a system of relational philosophy and theology, extending his monograph, A Relational Metaphysic, along new lines. Themes developed include the following: on the issue of truth in scientific and religious discourse as seen from the claim of their complementarity; the problem of Western substantialism as answered by a proposed non- and antisubstantialist theory of selfhood as an alternative to the Western ego; certain hermeneutical themes; and several themes introducing new facets of relational thought.

Harold Oliver is professor emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Boston University.

Acknowledgments

vi

Introduction

1

(6)

I. Relational Metaphysics

Relational Metaphysics and Western Nonsubstantialism

7

(16)

A Taxonomy of Power and a Religious Paradigm for Peace

23

(10)

Myth and Metaphysics: Perils of the Metaphysical Translation of Mythical Images

33

(6)

II. Relational Theology

The Neglect and Recovery of Nature in Twentieth-Century Protestant Thought

39

(26)

A Theological Paradigm of Perichoresis

65

(6)

III. The Relational Self

Whitehead's Nonsubstantialist View of the Self

71

(10)

Relational Personalism

81

(14)

The Relational Self

95

(14)

Index

109

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Metaphysics, Theology, and Self : Relational Essays

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