Handbook of Process Theology addresses both the depth and scope of process theological thought. It brings together distinguished contributors from several generations of process theological history to reflect on a multitude of outlooks and concerns, all grounded in the foundational emphases of the process approach: the discernment of an immanent and active divine presence in the evolution of the world and its inhabitants, and the call to creative engagement with the possibilities for progress and beauty where we now live. The essays cover important topics in Christian theology and philosophy of religion as well as interreligious dialogue, pastoral care, spirituality, the diversity of human experience, and cultural forms such as economics, politics, and the arts. Through the Handbook of Process Theology readers will gain an appreciation of the richness and scope of the process approach to spiritual living. Contributors include: Ronald J. Allen, Donna Bowman, Kathlyn A. Breazeale, Paul Custodio Bube, John B. Cobb Jr., Monica A. Coleman, John Culp, Bruce G. Epperly, David Ray Griffin, Lucinda A. Huffaker, Carol Johnston, Jeffrey D. Long, Sandra B. Lubarsky, Jay McDaniel, Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore, Leslie A. Muray, Thomas Jay Oord, Russell Pregeant, David E. Roy, and Clark Williamson. We commissioned and collected these essays to show the range of process theology's use and applicability. In addition to providing readable introductions to process theology's key insights on the divine, the world, and the human condition, this handbook provides process perspectives on ethics, politics, interreligious dialogue, the arts, economics, and other unexpected areas. We hope that the essays reveal the promise of process theology for religious growth, and that readers will be spurred to dig deeper into the rich and diverse literature of process thought. "Here finally may be the answer to a long-standing prayer: for an introduction to process theology that really will work for the theological classroom. This finely organized collection, with its mix of founding authorities and fresh varieties, captures the excitement, scope, and doctrinal depth of process theology. Indeed precisely as the communication of a complex community of voices, it mirrors the process vision of an interrelated, open, and pluralist universe. I look forward to sharing it with my seminarians." Catherine Keller, Theological School of Drew University "At last! This brilliant anthology now shows the remarkable breadth and depth of process ways of thinking applied to issues of faith. Bowman and McDaniel have gathered essays by nearly every process theologian of note to introduce thoughtful readers to the implications of relational theology for how we express and live our lives religiously...This handbook is truly an exceptional contribution to process literature, both for those well versed in the field, and for the novice seeking to understand this contemporary mode of dynamic faith." Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, Claremont School of Theology "A new peak reached in Christian theological thinking! Collected from process thinkers of several generations, Handbook of Process Theology brings the treasures of brilliant process minds to light rich, profound, and ground-shaking. This luminous book involves the wide and diverse range of process thought such as christology, the Bible, religious pluralism, psychology, health, politics, economics, gender, and ecology in depth, and presents process theology in understandable terms and in sharp contrast with traditional theologies. The reader will love reading these extraordinary essays!" Andrew Sung Park, United Theological Seminary "These essays cover a range of topics you might expect in a systematic theology, and more from God, salvation, spirituality, and the Bible, to economics, politics, sexuality, and ecology, and on to process connections with Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and womanist and evangelical theologies. This collection constitutes an important advance in works on process theology." C. Robert Mesle, Graceland College Jay McDaniel is professor of religion at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He is the author of Gandhi's Hope: Learning from Other Religions as a Path to Peace (Orbis 2005) and Living from the Center: Spirituality in an Age of Consumerism (Chalice 2000). McDaniel is director of New Horizons: Center for Study of World Religions and Science and the Steel Center for the Study of Religion and Philosophy, both of which are based at Hendrix College.Donna Bowman is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies and the associate director of the Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas, and she is the author of The Divine Decision: A Process Doctrine of Election (WJK 2002).