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Well, it's because i gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which i think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful.
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Well, It's Because I Gladly Acknowledge Some

John Polkinghorne
Well, it's because i gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which i think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful.
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The classic theology of my tradition comes from the french renaissance. [william] shakespeare was born in 1564, the year [john] calvin died, and that theology was very influential in england in his lifetime. i think shakespeare was attentive to questions raised by it, about human nature, history, reality itself. i find the two literatures to be mutually illuminating.
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