Summary: An intro to Process Philosophy.
As I have said a number of times, I don’t feel like I have a great philosophy background, especially modern philosophy. I picked up Process-Relational Philosophy after reading Thomas Oord’s A Systematic Theology of Love. Oord is a Process Theologian and as much as I thought his book was clearly written, I thought that I needed more understanding of process philosophy to better understand Oord’s positions.
Process-Relational Philosophy was the most recommended intro that I came across and I can see why. It was helpful and relatively short. And even thought it avoided the technical aspects of Whitehead in the main text (there is an appendix that attempts to get much more technical after the main text), I think that a good number of concepts were related well. My only complaint is that I think I wanted about 50% more book because I felt like it may have been too introductory. I think that after the descriptions of Oord and then the descriptions of Mesle, I think I can go back to Oord and reread it with better understand.
One note is that this is oriented toward philosophy and not theology and while there is a lot of overlap in the ideas of process philosophy and process theology, they are not the same. And even more, Mesle I believe is buddhist, not Christian, which also has some separation from the ideas that Oord is trying to communicate.
I have about ten highlights that I think get at the point fairly well.
Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead by C. Robert Mesle Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition