Description: Bracken first locates the Infinite as transcendent source and goal of human activity as the notion common to virtually all the major world religions. He suggests that the Infinite is prototypically experienced not as an entity but as an ongoing activity--the principle activity for all beings, including God.
Brief description: Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is a retired professor of theology and director emeritus of the Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the author of seven books and editor or coeditor of two other works in the area of philosophical theology. His focus in recent years has been on the God-world relationship as it figures both in the religion and science debate and in interreligious dialogue.
Review Quotes: ""Original, insightful, a major contribution."" --John B. Cobb Jr, author, 'Sustainability' "" A masterful work . . . opening pathways for conversation between philosophical and religious traditions of east and west, as well as enriching Christian understanding of ultimate reality as trinitarian."" --Ruben L.F. Habito, author, 'Healing Breath' ""Bracken is one of the major contributors to comparative theology from a process perspective."" --James L. Fredericks, Loyola Marymount University