Selected Publications on God and Suffering, and other Theological Issues: Dr Barry Whitney (1977-2008)

DICTIONARY ARTICLE: "The Problem of Evil," in the New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology," Edited by Dawn DeVries and Brian Gerrish, Westminster/John Knox Press, forthcoming.

WEB ARTICLE: "Anthropic Cosmology and Divine Persuasive Power," revised book chapter, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2006.

WEB ARTICLE: "Process Theodicy: A Discussion," revised book chapter, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2006.

WEB ARTICLE: "Divine Immutability: The Catholic-Process Dialogue," revised journal article, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2006.

PODCASTS: "God and Evil" Series," (parts 1-4) published on DrBarryWhitney.com; some of these will be published also on Dr. Whitney's "Thinking about God" Podcast on i-Tunes' HIGHER EDUCATION Category, and in Dr. Whitney's "Peace with God" Podcast on i-Tunes' RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Category, 2006.

BOOK CHAPTER: "Has Science Disproved God?" THE BIG ARGUMENT: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, Edited by John Ashton. Sydney, Australia: Strand, 2005 and Green Forest, Arizona, USA: Master Books, 2006.

WEB ARTICLE: "The Meaningfulness of Life: Ecclesiastes and Contemporary Culture," original web article, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2006.

WEB ARTICLE: "Is Theodicy Itself Evil?," original web article, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2005.

WEB ARTICLE: "The Continuing Relevance of the Book of Job," original web article, published on DrBarryWhitney.com, 2005.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE: "Evil," (co-authored with R. Jolivet), THE NEW CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Volume 5: 487-91. Washington, DC.: Catholic University of America Press, 2002.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE: "Theodicy," THE NEW CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Volume 13: 867-69. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2002.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE: "Paul Tillich," THE NEW CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Volume 14: 76-77. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2002.

BOOK CHAPTER: "Promethean Atheism," GOD, LITERATURE, AND PROCESS THOUGHT, edited by Darren Middleton. London and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishers, 2001.

BOOK: THEODICY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE PROBLEM OF EVIL, 1960-1991, revised and expanded second edition, The Philosophy Documentation Center: Bowling Green State University, 498 pages.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Divine Persuasion and the Anthropic Argument," THE PERSONALIST FORUM, 1998.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Hartshorne on Natural Evil," SOPHIA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, METAPHYSICAL THEOLOGY AND ETHICS (Australia) 1996.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "An Aesthetic Solution to the Problem of Evil," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, 1994.

BOOK: THEODICY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE PROBLEM OF EVIL, 1960-1990 (first edition). New York, London: Garland Publishing Inc, 1993), 658 pages. This is the only definitive research resource for publications on the problem of evil from 1960-to the early 1990s. Available now in an undated edition and new preface (1998), published by The Philosophy Documentation Center, 1998.

REVIEW ARTICLE: "Critical Review of Mystical Theodicies," METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION, 1993.

BOOK FORWARD, "Comments by Barry L. Whitney," in William D. Tatum, MULTIPLE MURDER AND DEMONIC POSSESSION, New York: Pontus Books, 1993.

BOOK: WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT GOD AND EVIL? New York: Paulist Press, 1989, 135 pages. This edition sold out and is Out of Print. However. some of the chapters are available here on this web site and an updated edition is being prepared for a new press.

BOOK CHAPTER: "Hartshorne's Theodicy," HARTSHORNE, PROCESS THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY, edited by R. Kane and S. Phillips. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Rahner and Hartshorne on Death and Eternal Life," (co-authored with J. N. King), INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY, 1988.

BOOK: EVIL AND THE PROCESS GOD. New York, London, and Toronto: Edwin Mellen Press, 1985, 234 pages.

BOOK CHAPTER: "Charles Hartshorne (on Non-Violence)," NON-VIOLENCE: CENTRAL TO CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY, edited by J.T. Culliton. New York, London, and Toronto: Mellen Press, 1982.

BOOK: THE REALITY OF GOD IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, co-authored book, edited by Temple Kington, "Religion, Science, and Process: A Contemporary Understanding of God" (ch 4, B. Whitney), University of Windsor, Canterbury College Monograph, 1982.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Rahner and Hartshorne on Divine Immutability," (co-authored with J. N. King), HORIZONS, JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE THEOLOGY SOCIETY, 1982.

CRITICAL STUDY: "Critical Study of Kliever's Shattered Spectrum," PROCESS STUDIES, 1982.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Does God Influence the World's Creativity?" PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH ARCHIVES / JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH, 1981.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Divine Immutability in Process Philosophy and Contemporary Thomism," HORIZONS, JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE THEOLOGY SOCIETY, 1980.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Process Theism: Does a Persuasive God Coerce?" THE SOUTHERN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, 1979.

JOURNAL ARTICLE: "Hartshorne's New Look at Theodicy," STUDIES IN RELIGION, 1979.

PH.D. DISSERTATION: HARTSHORNE'S THEODICY, McMaster University, 1977.

B.A. HONOURS THESIS: TILLICH'S DOCTRINE OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM, Carleton University, 1971.

EDITED JOURNALS: 28 issues of PROCESS STUDIES academic journal (Vol 23.3 - 38.1)

ARTICLE ABSTRACTS: 170 Abstracts of Articles, published mostly in PROCESS STUDIES academic journal, 1979-2001.

DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS: 130 Abstracts of Ph.D. Dissertations, published mostly in PROCESS STUDIES, 1978-1999.

MEDiA INTERVIEWS and PUBLIC LECTURES : Dozens of Public Lectures, Consultations, Workshops, Television interviews and Panel Debates -- including several for "Religious Scope," CBC TV (Windsor), "Test of Faith," VISION TV, and published interviews in TIME MAGAZINE (Canada), THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEWSDAY, LONG ISLAND, THE WASHINGTON TIMES. THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, etc.

EDITOR, Process Studies (1996-2009); BOOK REVIEW EDITOR (Religion and Science), Religious Studies Review (2005-2008); ABSTRACTS EDITOR, Process Studies (1993-2000); DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS EDITOR, Process Studies (1990-1997), ADVISORY BOARD for Sophia, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (2000--); etc.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS: several non-refereed articles in Industrial City Gothic magazine (regular religion/spirituality columnist), Travel Magazines and websites, Podcasts and original music compositions for podcasts" and original meditative instrumental music compositions.

BOOK REVIEWS: 110 Book Reviews, published in academic journals, 1977-2008:
Miles, Grahame, Science and Religious Experience, Sussex Academic Press, 2007, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Griffin, David R., God, Power and Evil: A Process Theodicy, 3rd edition, University Press of America, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Haught, John, Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in an Age of Science, Cambridge University Press, 2006, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Hasker, William, Providence, Evil, and the Openness of God, Routlege, 2006, Scottish Journal of Theology, 2006.

Chalker, William, Science and Faith: Understanding, Meaning, Method, and Truth, Templeton Foundation Press, 2006, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Edis, Taner, Science and Non-Belief, Greenwood Press, 2006, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Watts, Fraser, and Kevin Dutton, Editors, Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters, 2006, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

McGrath, Alister E., A Scientific Theology, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Polkinghorne, John, Belief in God in an Age of Science, Yale University Press, 1998, Religious Studies Review, 2005.

Coleman, R.J., Competing Truths: Theology and Science as Sibling Rivals, Harrisonburg: Trinity Press, 2001, Religious Studies Review, 2005.

Cootsona, G.S., Creation and the Last Things: At the Intersection of Theology and Science, Louisville: Geneva Press, 2002, Religious Studies Review, 2005.

Cahn, Steven, God, Reason, and Religion, Thomson Wadwsorth, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2005.

Hasker, WIlliam, Providence, Evil and the Openness of God, Eerdmans, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Moltmann, Jurgen, Science and Wisdom, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003, Religious Studies Review, 2004.

Burge, Ted, Science and the Bible, Templeton Foundation Press, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Harper, Charles, Editor, Spiritual Information: 100 Perspectives on Science and Religion, Templeton Foundation Press, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Hefner, Philip, Technology and Human Becoming, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Brush, Nigel, Editor, The Limitations of Scientific Truth, Kregel, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Cobb, John - Sletton, J.B., Editor, The Process Perspective, Chalice Press, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2004.

Polkinghorne, John, Traffic in Truth: Exchanges Between Science and Theology, Fortress, 2002, 2005, Religious Studies Review, 2005.

Zhihe Wang, Wenyu Wie and George Derfer, Editors, Whitehead and China: Relevance and Relationships, Verlag, 2005, Philosophy in Review, 2007.

Russell, Robert J., Editor, Fifty Years in Science and Religion: Ian Barbour and his Legacy, London: Ashgate, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Shanks, Niall, God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory, Oxford University Press, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Holder, Rodney, God, the Multiuniverse, and Everything: Modern Cosmology and the Argument from Design, London: Ashgate, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Olson, Richard, Science and Religion: 1450-1900, Greenwood Press, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Polkinghorne, John, Science and the Trinity, Yale University Press, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Oord, Thomas, Science of Love, Templeton Foundation Press, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2007.

Murphy, George L., The Cosmos in Light of the Cross, Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2003, Religious Studies Review, 2004.

McGrath, Alister, The Science of God, Eerdmans, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Griffin, David R., Two Great Truths: A New Synthesis of Scientific Naturalism and Christian Faith, Westminster John Knox, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Dembski, William, Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing, Wilmington: ISI Books, 2004, Religious Studies Review, 2006.

Wessel, Cletus, Jesus in the New Universe Story, Maryknoll: Orbis, 2003, Religious Studies Review, 2004.

Pinnock, S.K., Beyond Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Thinkers Respond to the Holocaust, State University of New York Press, 2002, Studies in Religion, 2004.

Saunders, Nicholas, Divine Action and Human Science, Cambridge University Press, 2002, Religious Studies Review,, 2004.

West, T.H., Jesus and the Quest for Meaning: Entering Theology, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001, Religious Studies Review, 2002.

Watts, F., Theology and Psychology, Ashgate Science and Religion Series, London: Ashgate, 2003, Religious Studies Review, 2003.

Burge, Ted, Science and the Bible, Templeton Foundation Press, 2000, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Griffin, David, Unsnarling the World-Knot: Consciousness, Freedom, and the Mind-Body Problem, State University of New York Press, 1999, Religious Studies Review, 2000.

Wildman, W.J., Fidelity with Plausibility: Modest Christologies for the 21st Century, State University of New York Press, 1998, Religious Studies Review, 1999.

Davis, Steven T., God, Reason and Theistic Proofs, Eerdmans, 1997, Religious Studies Review, 1999.

Griffin, David, and Falk, R., Editors, Post Modern Politics for a Planet in Crisis: Policy, Process, and Presidential Vision, State University of New York Press, 1998, Religious Studies Review, 1999.

Griffin, David, Spirituality and Society, State University of New York Press, 1998, Religious Studies Review, 1999.

Korsmeyer, J.D., God-Creature-Revelation: A Neoclassical Framework for Fundamental Theology, University Press of America, 1995, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1997.

Allison, H., Idealism and Freedom: Essays on Kant, Cambridge, University Press, 1996, Religious Studies Review, 1997.

Griffin, David, and Lubarsky, S., Editors, Jewish Theology and Process Thought, State University of New York Press, 1996, Religious Studies Review, 1997.

Williams, S., Revelation and Reconcilation: A Window on Modernity, Cambridge University Press, 1995, Religious Studies Review, 1997.

Lewis, J., Editor, The Gods Have Landed: New Religions from Other Worlds, State University of New York Press, 1995, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1997.

Will, J.E., The Universal God: Justice, Love and Peace in the Global Village, Westminster John Knox, 1994, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1997.

Bracken, Joseph, SJ., and Suchocki, Marjorie, Editors. Trinity in Process, New York: Continuum, 1997, Religious Studies Review, 1997.

Neville, Robert C., Creativity and God, State University of New York Press, 1993, 1996, Religious Studies Review, 1996.

Dasenbrock, R.W., Editor, Literary Theory After Davison, Penn State University Press, 1993, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1996.

Inbody, T., The Constructive Theology of Bernard Meland, Scholars Press, 1993, Religious Studies Review, 1996.

Robertson, John C., The Loss and Recovery of Transcendence, Pickwick, 1995, Religious Studies Review, 1996.

McGinn, B., Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of Human Fascination with Evil, Harper San Francisco Publications, 1994, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1995.

Hick, John, Disputed Questions in theology and the Philosophy of Religion, Yale University Press 1993, Religious Studies Review, 1995.

Sutton, R., Human Existence and Theodicy: A Comparison of Jesus and Albert Camus, Peter Lang, 1992, Toronto Journal of Theology, 1995.

Scharfstein, Ben-Ami, Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion, State University of New York Press, 1993, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1995.

Paden, W., Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion, Beacon Press, 1991, Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1995.

Hall, Douglas, Professing the Faith: Christian Theology in an North American Context, Fortress, 1993, Religious Studies Review, 1995.

Stone, Jerome A., The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence: A Naturalist Philosophy of Religion, State University of New York Press, 1993, Religious Studies Review, 1995.

Richard, L., What Are They Saying About a Theology of Suffering?, Paulist Press, 1992, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1995.

Liderbach, D., Why Do We Suffer? New Ways of Understanding, Paulist Press, 1992, Horizons, Journal of theCollege Theology Society, 1994.

Chidester, D., Word and Light: Seeing, Hearing and Religious Discourse, University of Illinois Press, 1992, Studies in Religion, 1993.

Stoeffer, Michael, Evil and the Mystics' God, University of Toronto Press, 1992, Studies in Religion, 1992.

Case-Winter, Anna, God's Power, Westminister John Knox, 1990, Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1992.

Griffin, David, and Huston Smith, Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989, 1992, Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1992.

Bracken, Joseph, S.J., Society and Spirit: A Trinitarian Cosmology, Susqueshanna University Press, 1991, Horizons, Journal of College Theology Society, 1992.

Highfield, R., Barth and Rahner in Dialogue: Toward and Ecumenical Understanding of Sin, Peter Lang, 1990, Critical Studies of Books in Religion, 1991.

Surin, Kenneth, Editor, Christ, Ethics and Tragedy: Essays in Honor of Donald McKinnon, Cambridge University Press, 1989, Horizons, Journal of College Theology Society, 1991.

Anglin, W.S., Free Will and Christian Faith, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990, Studies in Religion, 1991.

Birnbaum, David, God and Evil: A Unified Theodicy/Theology/Philosophy, Ktav Publishing, 1988, Horizons, Journal of College Theology Society, 1991.

Ostovich, S., Reason in History: Theology and Science as Community Activities, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990, Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1991.

Lakeland, Paul, Theology and Critical Theory, Abingdon, 1990, Religious Studies and Theology, 1991.

Berkhof, H., Two Hundred Years of Theology, Report of a Personal Journey, Eerdmans, 1989, Religious Studies and Theology, 1991.

Pailin, David, God and the Processes of Reality: Foundations for a Credible Theism, Routledge University Press, 1989, Canadian Theological Society Newsletter, 1990.

Hellwig, Monica, The Role of the Theologian, Sheed and Ward, 1986, Religious Studies and Theology, 1990.

Suchocki, Marjorie, The End of Evil, State University of New York Press, 1988, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1989.

Nobo, Jorge, Whitehead's Metaphysics of Extention and Solidarity, State University of New York Press, 1986, Religious Studies Review, 1989.

Dillistone, F., The Power of Symbols in Religion and Culture, Crossroad, 1986, 1988, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1989.

Haught, John, What is God? How to Think about the Divine, Paulist Press, 1986, Religious Studies and Theology, 1988.

Peacocke, A., God and the New Biology, Harper and Row, 1986, Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1987.

Clark, S., The Mysteries of Religion: An Introduction to Philosophy Through Religion, Blackwell, 1986, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1987.

Smart, Ninian, and Donald Wiebe, Donald, Editor, Concept and Empathy, New York University Press, 1986, Studies in Religion, 1986.

Owens, J., An Elementary Christian Metaphysics, Notre Dame University Press, 1985, Studies in Religion, 1985.

Owens, J., An Interpretation of Existence, Notre Dame University, 1985, Studies in Religion, 1985.

Reichenbach, Bruce, Evil and a Good God, Fordham University Press, 1982, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1985.

Brown, F., Transfiguration: Poetic Metaphor and the Language of Religious Belief, University of North Carolina Press, 1983, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1985.

Smith, Huston, Beyond the Post-Modern Mind, Crossroad, 1982, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1983.

Schilpp, P., Editor, The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, Open Court, 1981, Religious Studies Review, 1983.

Kaiser, O. and Lohse, E., Death and Life, Abingdon Press, 1981, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1982.

Gerstenberger, E. and Schrage, W., Suffering, Abingdon, Press 1980, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1982.

King, T., Teilhard's Mysticism of Knowing, Seabury, 1981, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1982.

O'Donovan, O., The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine, Yale University Press, 1980, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1982.

Smith, G., Atheism: The Case Against God, Prometheus Press, 1979, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1981.

Donceel, J., The Searching Mind, Notre Dame University Press, 1979, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1981.

Allen, D., Between Two Worlds, John Knox, 1977, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1979.

Pregeant, Russell, Christology Beyond Dogma: Matthew's Christ in Process Perspective, Fortress Press, 1978, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1979.

Davis, S., Faith, Skepticism and Evidence, Buckness, 1978, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1979.

Schilling, Paul A., God and Human Anguish, Abingdon Press, 1977, Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society, 1979.

Foy, William, Editor, Man's Religious Quest, Croom Helm, 1978, Studies in Religion, 1979.

Curtis, C., Perspectives on God: Sociological, Theological and Philosophical, University Press of America, 1978, Religious Studies Review, 1979.

Redeker, M, Schleiermacher: Life and Thought, Fortress Press, 1978, Religious Studies Review,1979.

Williams, R., Schleiermacher: the Theologian, Fortress Press, 1978, Religious Studies Review, 1979.

Altizer, T., The Self-Embodiment of God, Harper and Row, 1977, Studies in Religion, 1979.

Purtill, R., Thinking About Religion, Prentice-Hall, 1978, Studies in Religion, 1979.

Kosik, K., Metaphysics of the Concrete, Reidel, 1976, Religious Studies Review, 1978.

Pittenger, Norman, The Divine Triunity, United Church Press, 1978, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1978.

Spong, John, The Living Commandments, McGraw-Hill, 1977, Canadian Churchman, 1978.

Griffin, David, God, Power and Evil: A Process Theodicy, Westminster, 1976, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1977.