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SUMMARY:Process Metaphysics
DESCRIPTION:Ready to rethink reality?  \nAgainst the old view of a mechanistic world\, process philosophy teaches that reality is alive and evolving. \nIn this immersive two-week survey course\, we’ll consider the history and development of process philosophy\, beginning against the backdrop of ancient Greek metaphysics\, medieval theology\, and the modern conception of nature as a machine. In particular\, we will examine the thought of F.W.J. Schelling\, A.N. Whitehead\, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. \nThis course aims to bridge the Continental and Anglophone traditions. We’ll place Whitehead’s groundbreaking concepts in direct conversation with Schelling’s philosophy of nature and Teilhard de Chardin’s evolutionary cosmic vision. \nIf you want a general introduction to the history and main ideas of the process tradition as a foundation for further study\, this course is for you. \n\nCourse Structure:\n4 Recorded Lectures\n2 Live Discussions on Zoom (Thursday\, September 17 at 9:00 am & Friday\, September 25 at 7:00 pm)\n(All live discussions will be recorded and made available to participants)
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/process-metaphysics/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Imagine Retreat by The Guild for Spiritual Guidance
DESCRIPTION:Join Sr. Ilia Delio\, Bayo Akomolafe\, Cynthia Bourgeault and more September 16-20\, 2026 in Nova Scotia\, Canada at a retreat hosted by our partners at The Guild for Spiritual Guidance. \nWe are living in a time that asks something profound of humanity. \nThe climate is changing. Cultures are shifting. Long-held assumptions about progress\, growth\, and certainty are dissolving before our eyes. \nYet within every time of uncertainty lies the possibility of renewal. \nThe Imagine Retreat\,  September 16-20\, 2026\, is an invitation to pause together—to listen more deeply to the Earth\, to wisdom traditions\, to science\, to poetry\, and to one another. \nFor five days we gather on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia to explore how science\, spirit\, and human creativity might come together in service of a more compassionate and life-giving future. \nThis is not simply a conference. It is a conversation about what it means to be human in this moment of history—and how we might imagine the world that wants to emerge. \nTo register and learn more visit the event page. Please contact the organizer with questions or inquiries.
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/imagine-retreat-by-the-guild-for-spiritual-guidance/
LOCATION:White Point Beach Resort\, Hunts Point\, Nova Scotia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Partner Events
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SUMMARY:Human Flourishing in a World of Trauma and Stress - With Heidi Ann Russell
DESCRIPTION:How do we build communities of healing in a world shaped by trauma and stress? \nViolence\, war\, displacement\, and a global pandemic don’t only wound individuals; they mark whole communities\, and their effects ripple across generations. Meanwhile\, research into the brain and nervous system continues to reshape what we know about how harm lodges in the body and how healing actually happens. Our theology has to be able to meet those findings honestly. \nIn this webinar\, pastoral theologian Heidi Ann Russell draws on her book Human Flourishing in a World of Trauma and Stress to offer a theological anthropology built for this moment that puts long-standing questions of freedom\, sin\, and grace into genuine conversation with contemporary trauma science. What does human freedom mean when the nervous system is doing much of the deciding? How do we talk about sin without adding shame to injury? Where does grace show up in a body that has learned to brace? \nEqual parts theological and practical\, this conversation is for pastors\, chaplains\, spiritual directors\, lay leaders\, caregivers\, and anyone asking what flourishing can mean on the other side of harm. \nAbout our Presenter:\nHeidi Ann Russell\, PhD\, is an associate professor at the Institute of Pastoral Studies of Loyola University Chicago. She holds a PhD in religious studies from Marquette University and an MDiv/MA from Washington Theological Union. Her books include The Source of All Love: Catholicity and the Trinity (Orbis Books\, 2017) and Quantum Shift: Theological and Pastoral Implications of Contemporary Developments in Science (Liturgical Press\, 2015).
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/human-flourishing-in-a-world-of-trauma-and-stress-with-heidi-ann-russell/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Webinars
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