Process theism, in a variety of manifestations and modifications
stemming from Whitehead's original suggestions, dominates
discussions of philosophical and natural theology in Europe and
America. In Transforming Process Theism Ford argues that subsequent
modifications of Whitehead's original line of thought mask a
fundamental and unresolved aporia in that original proposal: since
only past or "objectified" determinate events can influence present
experiences and since God, as conceived by Whitehead, is never
fully determinate or objectifiable as a "past event", it is
difficult to see how this divine persuasive power can have any
influence on the present as a source of creativity and genuinely
new possibilities for enactment.
Ford meticulously reconstructs and evaluates Whitehead's own
versions of theism, and he critically appraises the most
influential subsequent modifications of these unrecognized variants
by other process thinkers. He recovers the original trajectory of
Whitehead's continuous revision of his conception of God, and
forges an appropriate solution to this central aporia. He concludes
that -- consistent with Whitehead's overarching metaphysical
principles, there is another kind of causal influence that does not
require objectification, and is the opposite of past
determinateness. The future, conceived as active, offers an account
of subjectivity which is both universal and transcendent. God,
according to Ford's revisions, must be understood as this
particular but indefinite creativity or universal activity of the
future, bestowing subjectivity on each present occasion of
experience without ever becoming determinate.
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