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. |
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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 ArtsonJewish 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 
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 ArticlesThe 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 
Featured - Patricia Adams FarmerKindness: 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
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Life's Big QuestionsWhitehead'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 BeautyAutism 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 MusicThe 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 |
