• PART I:
  NO! AND YES!
• Preface
• Is God Necessary?
• The New Atheists
• Religion’s Worst Enemy
• The Church Outside the Church
• Where Is Reliable Power?
• What We Stand For
• Two Americas: Hemingway and Frost
• Beyond All Gods
• PART II:
  AMERICA’S NEW VISION OF GOD
• Preface
• Charles Sanders Peirce
• William James
• William Ernest Hocking
• Alfred North Whitehead
• Charles Hartshorne
• Conclusion to Part II and Recommended Reading
• PART III:
  GOD AND THE MODERN WORLD
• Preface
• The Struggle for Power and PeaceWilliam Ernest Hocking
• A Modern View of GodCharles Hartshorne
• God at the End of the CenturyJohn E. Smith
• A Common FaithJohn Dewey
• God and the WorldAlfred North Whitehead
• The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern WorldVaclav Havel

Preface

A new discovery comparable to Darwin’s theory of evolution and Einstein’s theory of relativity (symbolized by the equation E = mc²) is the theory of power as divine relativity or panentheism developed primarily by a group of amazing American thinkers sometimes known as process philosophers. Among them are Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, William Ernest Hocking, Alfred North Whitehead, and Charles Hartshorne. Here are brief descriptions of them and their bold contributions to a new vision of God which commands celebration.