This dissertation investigates the God-world relationship between Joseph Bracken as a process theologian, Philip Clayton as a panentheist, and the open theism. They have affinities and differences as conversational partners in their multilayered relations. Their common question must be as follows: “What does it mean to believe in God today?” In this dissertation I compare their respectively theological perspectives and explore their affinities and differences. Many scholars have already noted more affinities than untenable differences among Bracken’s theology, Clayton’s panentheism, and the open theism. On the one hand, even though theological perspectives of Bracken and Clayton are obviously different from each other, they are both influenced in specific ways by Whitehead. On the other hand, open theism is a movement that emphasizes “the openness of God,” from within evangelical theism. The fact that there is even within classical theism the pursuit of new models of God such as revised classical theism or modified classical theism might suggest the need for contemporary models of God in philosophical theology. This dissertation will thus explore philosophical theologies that are proper both to the biblical faith and intellectual earnestness, that is, 居敬窮理 (geo (to live) kyeong (piety) kung (to acknowledge) li (reason)) in Eastern philosophy, which means distinctions but not separation between piety and intelligence, and that stand between classical theism and “orthodox” process theism. If there is no consistency among biblical, rational and existential descriptions of God, how can we establish philosophical theologies? Our theological task is to frame a new constructive theology whose primary aspect must synthesize both classical theism and process theology in the hermeneutical circle. For example, this new theism admits an infinitely qualitative difference between God and the world, as well as a really radical relation between God and the world. Aspects and domains do not encroach upon each other.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:12:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OsvaldoFAF_DISSERT.pdf: 585143 bytes, checksum: 436ac6c5f30018a45e6dfb3634cd8fae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work deals with the way how the three themes of traditional metaphysics, namely, God, man, and the world, are rethought through the philosophical speculation of German cardinal Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464). Due to the comprehensiveness of this subject, our dissertation had as a starting point and constant reference the book that the philosopher wrote in 1450, Idiota. De mente, the second written work that makes up the series of the Idiota (Idiotae libri), whose discussion is developed around the theme of the human mind. From the dialogue of the mind we have built our reflection on some issues and theoretical foundations presented in Idiota. De sapientia and De docta ignorantia, extending it to little more than that. According to Nicholas of Cusa, the human mind, in its creative character in the image of the divine mind, transcends the purely functional considerations commonly assigned to it, that is, those that regard its cognitive nature and epistemological role. In addition to these aspects, Cusanus understands the humana mens as a point of articulation of two other main themes of his metaphysics: God and the world. In this context, through the concepts of complicatioexplicatio and imago, as well as with the intercession between the themes of man as imago Dei and the reason of the microcosm, we present here an introduction to Cusan metaphysics / O presente trabalho versa sobre como os tr?s temas centrais da metaf?sica tradicional, a saber, Deus, o homem e o mundo, s?o repensados pela especula??o filos?fica do cardeal alem?o Nicolau de Cusa (1401-1464). Devido ? abrang?ncia dessa tem?tica, nossa disserta??o teve como ponto de partida e referencial constante o livro que o fil?sofo escreveu em 1450, Idiota. De mente, segundo escrito que comp?e a s?rie de di?logos do Idiota (Idiotae libri), e cuja discuss?o se desenvolve em torno ao tema da mente humana. A partir do di?logo De mente n?s constru?mos a nossa reflex?o tomando algumas quest?es e fundamenta??es te?ricas apresentadas no Idiota. De sapientia e no De docta ignorantia, estendendo-a a pouco mais que isso. De acordo com Nicolau de Cusa, a mente humana, em seu car?ter criativo ? imagem da mente divina, transcende as considera??es puramente funcionais que geralmente lhe s?o atribu?das, isto ?, no que se refere ? sua natureza cognitiva e ao seu papel epistemol?gico. Para al?m desses aspectos, o Cusano entende a humana mens como um ponto de articula??o dos outros dois temas que protagonizam a sua metaf?sica: Deus e o mundo. Neste contexto, atrav?s dos conceitos de complicatio-explicatio e imago, bem como da intercess?o entre o tema do homem imago Dei e o motivo do microcosmo, n?s apresentamos aqui uma introdu??o ? filosofia cusana

The thesis deals with the question how to understand the concept of KOSMOS in the Gospel of John. The term KOSMOS can be translated into the Czech language as {\clq}qthe world``. The thesis engages in all verses in the Gospel of John in which KOSMOS is mentioned. Of course, it examines its context which is needed to understand this term. The aim of the thesis is to determine in which meaning the evangelist uses the term KOSMOS.