ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the critique of classical theism offered by process theology that the perfections ascribed to God have been defined over against the natural world. It draws in resources from process thought for reconstructing a Christian theology of nature. The book argues that there are three theological/philosophical considerations essential for a viable theology of nature and for the work of ecojustice that are helpfully illumined by Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy: the alterity of nature, the integrity of nature, and the subject status of nature. It illustrates how process panentheism opens up new ways of understanding God's presence and activity in the world. The book begins with Karl Barth, and then looks back to John Calvin and forward to Jurgen Moltmann examining the theological challenges and contributions of this stream of Christian tradition and it present trajectory.
