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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 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> calling it "appreciative awareness."

'''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> calling it "appreciative awareness."

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