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| − | Bernard Eugene Meland (1899-1993) was a classic [[liberal Christianity|liberal Christian]] theologian. He constructed a religiously [[God|Theistic]] worldview in sharp contrast to [[atheism|atheistic]] secular humanism. His worldview bridged knowldege and [[Faith]]. It was in the fashion of [[Henry Nelson Wieman]]'s work. Meland's work was however more deeply rooted in [[Alfred North Whitehead]]'s than Wieman's. Like | + | Bernard Eugene Meland (1899-1993) was a classic [[liberal Christianity|liberal Christian]] theologian. He constructed a religiously [[God|Theistic]] worldview in sharp contrast to [[atheism|atheistic]] secular humanism. His worldview bridged knowldege and [[Faith]]. It was in the fashion of [[Henry Nelson Wieman]]'s work. Meland's work was however more deeply rooted in [[Alfred North Whitehead]]'s than Wieman's. Like all other [[process theology|process theologians]], he was a [[radical empiricism|radical empiricist]], which he tied to his own idea of ''lived experience''<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=u-YESDi3Dm8C&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=Bernard+Meland&source=bl&ots=bGbpHl-Fzq&sig=hO-2IuwCFF6iizBzW34gJQDx7GI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA134,M1 ''Religion and Radical Empiricism''], Nancy Frankenberry, SUNY Press, 1987, ISBN 0887064086, ISBN 9780887064081, 226 pages, pp. 134-136 </ref> |
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Bernard Eugene Meland (1899-1993) was a classic liberal Christian theologian. He constructed a religiously Theistic worldview in sharp contrast to atheistic secular humanism. His worldview bridged knowldege and Faith. It was in the fashion of Henry Nelson Wieman's work. Meland's work was however more deeply rooted in Alfred North Whitehead's than Wieman's. Like all other process theologians, he was a radical empiricist, which he tied to his own idea of lived experience[1]
External link
a biography page on Bernard Meland
- ↑ Religion and Radical Empiricism, Nancy Frankenberry, SUNY Press, 1987, ISBN 0887064086, ISBN 9780887064081, 226 pages, pp. 134-136