Charles Hartshorne
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- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Theology, Theologians
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Hartshorne advanced the idea of process theology, which held that process or change was the basic characteristic of all beings, including God. This concept had a major influence on American Protestant theology.
Early Life
Charles Hartshorne’s father was an Episcopal clergyman, and his mother was the daughter of an Episcopal clergyman. Hartshorne began his college education at the Pennsylvania Quaker college Haverford, from which his father had graduated, spent 1917-1919 in the U.S. Army, and then went to Harvard. At Harvard, he...
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