process theology: A modern form of Christian theism which takes account of modern science, especially the knowledge of evolution, and which teaches that God's way of working in the world is a slow process, patiently overcoming the elements of chance and evil present in the universe and including in itself all the good that is brought about. The emphasis is on God's involvement rather than God's self-sufficiency, God's love rather than God's omnipotence. The chief philosopher in this movement was A.N. Whitehead (1861-1947); the chief popularizer of a Christ-centered vision of the meaning of evolution was Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In neo-orthodoxy, however, the position has been attacked as encouraging pantheism.
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