C. Alan Anderson

Practicing the Presence of God for Practical Purposes C. Alan Anderson

This wonderful book finally brings something new to New Thought theology. New Thought, called "the religion of healthy-mindedness" by William James, had remained fairly static in a pantheistic mould after its beginnings in the 19th century. This book provides a new conceptual foundation for the movement, based on the process theology of the great Alfred North Whitehead. It is very refreshing, in that the authors see pantheism (God is All) as an early aberration within New Thought, replacing it with panentheism (All is in God) of a process perspective. The book takes up the words of the title one by one to demonstrate how they work together to bring us health, wealth and a more fulfilling life. The journey starts out with the Christian mystic Brother Lawrence Of The Resurrection and as it proceeds, it discusses an impressive variety of writers like e.g. Stephen Covey, Marianne Williamson, C S Lewis, Emmett Fox, Robert Dilts, Marjorie Suchocki, W R Inge, Aldous Huxley, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Krause, John Cobb, David Griffin, Ernest Holmes, Andrew Weil, Catherine Ponder, Phil Laut, Robert Anthony, Wallace Wattles, Leo Booth and Whitehead.