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Jesus, Jazz, and Buddhism

Process Thinking For
A More Hospitable World



A magazine for social entrepreneurs and spiritual seekers who want to live lightly on the earth and gently with others for the sake of a more hospitable and creative world.  Want to know more? Go to About JJB for the long version or read below for a short version.

Scroll through articles below, click on links above, or search for key terms.  We offer articles on spirituality, art, philosophy, science, ecology, art, music, food, education, photography, sports, the world's religions, beloved community, and saving the planet.

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What is this Website About? The Short Version.

JJB is an informal community of scholars, artists and friends who are interested in helping create a more hospitable world with help from process or relational thinking.  There are many kinds of relational thinking: Eastern and Western, Southern and Northern, religious and non-religious, scientific and poetic.  We appreciate them all.  Some of us are especially influenced by the organic or "process philosophy" of Alfred North Whitehead. 

The religious side of process philosophy is called process theology.  It is open to many different kinds of spiritual experience: naturalistic and theistic, Buddhist and Jewish, Christian and Hindu, Taoist and Confucian, Muslim and Christian.  For a very short introduction to process theology, see Constellation of Process Theology -- An Invitation by one of our featured authors: Rabbi Bradley Artson.  For a succinct presentation of twenty key ideas in process thinking, see What do Process Thinkers believe?. 

For a more sustained introduction to Whitehead's thought, try our free, online course, consisting of short videos introducing Whitehead's philosophy: What is Process Thought?.  And for a spiritually sensitive and psychologically nuanced approach, try Replanting Yourself in Beauty  by another of our featured authors: Patricia Adams Farmer.

Whitehead's philosophy is a springboard for creativity, a bridge between East and West, and a bridge toward a sustainable future.   Visit our navigation menu for a Table of Contents and for categorized articles.

Featured - Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Jewish Holy Days and Festivals GO
She is a Benefit to Herself: The Value of Being Alive GO
Four Reasons I'm Bound to Israel GO
Turtles and Whales (and Us): What the World Reveals? GO
What are We Doing When We Pray ? GO
Judaism: Way of Life, Philosophy, Culture, & Faith GO
Coming to Know the God We Already Love GO
Becoming - East and West GO
The Constellation of Process Theology: An Invitation GO
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Featured - Stephen Hatch

Can we still speak of Mother Earth? GO
Men, Earth, and the Feminine Beloved GO
Spirituality and the Self-Awakening of the Earth GO
The Challenge of Hyper-Individualism GO
Nature is My Bible GO
Christ and the Natural World: Two Religious Ultimates GO
Theology for Nones: Church for the Religiously Unafilliated GO
Spirituality and the Self-Awakening of the Earth GO
A Mystical Exchange: God Suffers and We Embody the Creator GO
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Featured Articles

The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists, and the Future GO
Why are Christians turning to Buddhism? GO
Larisa Stowe and Shakti Tribe: Blessed are the Musical Peacemakers GO
Balancing the Beautiful: An Appreciation of the Dancing of Miyoko Shida GO
The Spirituality of Taizé GO
Angels Everywhere: Revelation's Image of the New Jerusalem, by Teri Daily GO
We are All Different: Recipe for a Healthy, Multi-Religious Community GO
Roots and Wings, by Sarah Hyndman GO
Jewish Holy Days and Festivals: Sometimes I Wish I Were Jewish GO
The Space to See Things Differently: The Ascension of Christ GO
Kindness: The Beautiful Contagion GO
Kindness, Music, Sunlight: The Religion of Daily Life GO
Bearing Witness to Broken Bodies, by Teri Daily GO
Men, Earth, and the Feminine Beloved GO
Hare Krishna and Amazing Grace: Krisha Das and Process Theology GO
Just Being There: A Boy, A Homicide, and a Forensic Nurse GO
Deliver Us from Evil including our Own GO
Boston the Beautiful: Finding Faith After the Quaking GO
Art History as Soulmaking: The Potential of Smarthistory GO
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University: It's a Mindset and a Practice GO
I am my Mom's Caregiver: Process Theology and Caregiving GO
The Quaking and Breaking of Everything, by Patricia Adams Farmer GO
Kirtan and Process Theology: Beginning a Conversation  GO
She is a Benefit to Herself: On Being Alive, by Rabbi Bradley Artson GO
The Space Within the Trinity: All Beings Included GO
A Mystical Exchange: God Suffers and We Embody the Creator GO
This is My Body: Pope Washing Feet of Muslim Woman GO
Global Rape Culture: I Miss Mary Daly GO
"So For Pain I am Grateful" by Anh Vuong GO
Spirituality as Singing in a Choir: Eric Whitacre GO
Cold Peace and Warm Peace: Palestinian-Israeli Friendship GO
Love's Oblivion: Mary Anoints Jesus' Feet, by Teri Daily GO
I am from New York: Turning Memories Into Poems GO
Cats as Spiritual Teachers GO
Spirituality and the Self-Awakening of the Earth GO
Parkinson's Disease and Process Theology GO
Aikido and the Christian Life, by Rev. Raoul Pagnamenta GO
Process Hinduism and Jesus the Avatar GO
Spacious, Gracious Simplicity, by Patricia Adams Farmer GO
Kitchen Spirituality: Terry Tempest Williams GO
Seeing Through Propaganda and Flags: Eugenie Dolberg GO
Process Theology and the Photography of Giles Duley GO
Stand Up by Jamie Mayo: Turning Guilt Into Courage GO
Do You Love Me?  The Desire to Keep Warm GO
Christ and the Natural World: Two Religious Ultimates GO
Holding a Broken Heart, by Rev. Teri Daily GO
My Mother Joy: On Becoming a Nurse, by Sadie P. Hutson GO
Fearing Water: A Spiritual Exploration by June Xie GO
Becoming the Person My Dog Thinks I Am GO
Making a Way Out of No Way:  Monica A. Coleman GO
Giving Up Christianity for Lent GO
Four Reasons I'm Bound to Israel, by Rabbi Bradley Artson GO
Mother Mary Comes to Me: Process Mariology GO
Nature is My Bible: Text and Photos by Stephen Hatch GO
Love Made Gritty: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 13 GO
Can Relationships Improve After Death?  Soul-Gentling GO
The Art of Savoring, by Patricia Adams Farmer GO
Why Buddhism?  Hope for the Planet, Hope for the Heart GO
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice GO
Process and Poetry: Muriel Rukeyser and Whitehead GO
Don't You Miss Allen Ginsberg? I Do, Too.  GO
Theology for Nones: Church for the Religiously Unafilliated GO
Planting Apple Trees with Martin Luther King, Jr. GO
Multiplicities and Contrasts: Whitehead's Favorite Things  GO
Turtles and Whales (And Us)  GO
The Totalmente Zen Art of Lisa Brunetti GO
American Gun Culture: A Reflection, by John B. Cobb, Jr. GO
Beyond American Gun Culture, by John B. Cobb, Jr. GO
The Challenge of Hyper-Individualism, by Stephen Hatch GO
Whitehead and the Mashup: A Universe of Inter-Mixing GO
Interfaith Chaplains with Multi-Religious Hearts GO
Heroes in the Seaweed, Leaning out for Love: Peter Rollins GO
Where Have You Been All My Life?  Process and Romance GO
The Whiteheadian Workplace: Whitehead and Chip Conley GO
Can We Talk about Ethics? Claremont Lincoln University GO
Kids' Meals: Volunteering in Houston, Texas GO
We are Meant to be Mothers of God GO
Process Theology and Dolly Parton  GO
A Process Theology of Youth GO
They Say I am Autistic; What I Know is I love Animals GO
Dave Brubeck: Theology in 5/4 Time GO
My Name is Bebi and I Play a Cello Made from Oil Cans GO
Amma: The Hugging Saint GO
Imagining a Department of Empathy: Hopes for Higher Ed GO
Brainstorming: A Spirituality of Shared Imagination GO
I Love Your Right Hemisphere: Brain Science and Mysticism GO
What are We Doing When We Pray? - A Meditation GO
Process Theology and Vulnerability GO
You, Me, and the Ceibo Tree: For Adult Children GO
God's Favorite Color: Process Theology and Art GO
I Am a Quiet Person: Process Theology for Introverts GO
Process and Magic: Imagining the Impossible GO
Can China Finds its Soul? Emerging Possibilities GO
The Process Christian: An Invitation to Openness  GO

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Featured - Patricia Adams Farmer

Kindness: The Beautiful Contagion GO
The Quaking and Breaking of Everything GO
Spacious, Gracious Simplicity GO
The Art of Savoring GO
The Totalmente Zen Art of Lisa Brunetti GO
Dave Brubeck: Theology in 5/4 Time GO
You, Me, and the Ceibo Tree GO
Heaven GO
Anger Can be Beautiful GO
Should Happiness Be the Goal of Life? GO
The Numinosity of Rocks GO
Replanting Yourself in Beauty GO
Pollyanna: I Dare You to Read This GO
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A Sample of Articles in Sections of JJB


Video Commentary - Trust in Beauty
by Jay McDaniel

Culture Studies

On Being 95 Years Old: Virginia McDaniel GO
Mental Health: Practicing Process Thought GO
Process Theology and Marriage GO
The Role of Loving Hands in the Healing Arts GO
Finding Healing within Illness and Trauma GO
When Your Child Is Seriously Ill GO
Sacred Fudge: A Context for Love GO
Guò Zǎo and Hot-and-dry Noodles GO
Finding God in Rice: “밥은 하늘입니다.” GO
Where is God in Mental Illness? GO
The Wind is Blowing: God and Autism GO
The Chinese College Entrance Examination GO
English in China Today GO

China Dialogues

索拉里晚年最大的期盼-中国至少应该有一座后现代生态城 王治河 GO
跨进了后现代的门槛---莫言获诺奖的秘密 GO
The Beauty of Process GO
过程之美, 年北京第5届中美过程暑期班印象 GO
过程-生命的契合之点, 年天津第6届中美过程暑期班印象 GO
聪明 as Multiple Intelligence GO
知音 and Musical Friendship GO
Happiness: The Sweet Burden GO
Reflections on Mencius and Xunzi GO
Nanking! Nanking! 南京!南京!GO
Wet time: My Bluestone Story GO
Learning from My Grandfather in China GO
Can Americans Learn from Confucianism? GO
My Parents Didn't Raise Me, My Grandparents Did: GO
Can China Finds its Soul? Emerging Possibilities GO

Life's Big Questions

Whitehead's Idea of God GO
Process Theology for Children GO
We Evolved to Be Religious GO
Atheism 2.0: Softer, Gentler GO
Ten Ideas for Saving the Planet GO
The Galactic Context of Human Life GO
The Mind and the Brain GO
Sustainability and Spirituality GO
Trust in Beauty GO
Praying for the Planet GO
God does not Know the Future in Advance GO
God and the Sendai Earthquake GO
The Religion of Everyday Life GO
Biochemistry and Beauty GO
过程之美, 年北京第5届中美过程暑期班印象 GO
Nanking! Nanking! 南京!南京!GO 
跨进了后现代的门槛---莫言获诺奖的秘密 GO

Planet Beauty

Autism and Animals GO
Science and Theology of Animal Consciousness GO
Ten Ideas for Saving the Planet GO
A Theology of Fresh Tomatoes GO
The Dao of Fungi GO
Living in the Milky Way GO
The Spiritual Side of Sustainability GO
Praying for People, Animals, and Earth GO
Trust in Beauty GO
Animals and Animality GO
Listening to Horses GO
The Presence of God in Animals GO
Dreams of a Hummingbird GO
Ecological Civilization and China GO

Art and Music

The Theology of Jazz by Monica Corsaro GO
Jesus' Last Tweet: A Poem GO
Listening in Jazz by George Hermanson GO
Hey Jude and Process Theology GO
Do You  Believe in Magic: Jerry Yester GO
Energy and Moments: The Art of Melissa Gill GO
Lures for Feeling: The Art of Matthew Lopas GO
Animals and Animality: The Art of Jan Harrison GO
Memory: The Art of Melissa Cowper-Smith  GO
Horses Breathe: The Art of Ingrid Geisler  GO 
The Music of Thao Nguyen GO 
The Enduring Popularity of Elvis Presley GO 
Rain Days: Four Poems by Hermann Hesse GO

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JJB is an informal community of scholars, artists and friends who are interested in helping create a more hospitable world with help from process or relational thinking.  There are many kinds of relational thinking: Eastern and Western, Southern and Northern, religious and non-religious, scientific and poetic.  We appreciate them all.  

Some of us are especially influenced by the organic or "process philosophy" of Alfred North Whitehead.  We think he helps articulate a particularly helpful form of relational thinking that can help build bridges between cultures, between religion and science, between tradition and a constructively postmodern future.  If you are interested in learning more about Whitehead's philosophy, click here for a short, online introduction.

Email us at jesusjazzbuddhism@gmail.com. 
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