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Unlike many 20th century Unitarians who were or became agnostics or atheists, Wieman always maintained and affirmed the existence of [[God]] and His [[transcendence]].  His work is considered to be part of the foundation of [[process theology]], which constructed around the philosophy of [[Alfred North Whitehead]]. His book ''Religious Experience and Scientific Method'' (Macmillan, 1926) was republished in 1971 and is a classic in its field.<ref> [http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/wieman.html Harvardsquare Library] </ref> Wieman famously interpreted [[John Dewey]]'s thesis of ''A Common Faith'' (1934) as one of [[process theology]].  This led to a ''[[Christian Century]]'' article "Is John Dewey a theist?", which [[John Dewey]] responded to and Wieman eventually took back his original interpretation.  Another liberal theologian [[Charles Hartshorne]] has stated that Wieman was correct and that Dewey had in fact expressed a theist argument in ''A Common Faith''.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=LOc6q5lmEj8C&pg=PA524&lpg=PA524&dq=%22Henry+Neslon+Weiman&source=bl&ots=UMGKlGexQt&sig=XUCc4kmyGSjdI8tkKT1Zx03vqtk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA525,M1 ''John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanism''], Steven C. Rockefeller, Columbia University Press, 1991, ISBN 0231073488, ISBN 9780231073486, pp. 524-525 </ref>

Unlike many 20th century Unitarians who were or became agnostics or atheists, Wieman always maintained and affirmed the existence of [[God]] and His [[transcendence]].  His work is considered to be part of the foundation of [[process theology]], which constructed around the philosophy of [[Alfred North Whitehead]]. His book ''Religious Experience and Scientific Method'' (Macmillan, 1926) was republished in 1971 and is a classic in its field.<ref> [http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/wieman.html Harvardsquare Library] </ref>  

 

Wieman famously interpreted [[John Dewey]]'s thesis of ''A Common Faith'' (1934) as one of [[process theology]].  This led to a ''[[Christian Century]]'' article "Is John Dewey a theist?", which [[John Dewey]] responded to and Wieman eventually took back his original interpretation.  Another liberal theologian [[Charles Hartshorne]] has stated that Wieman was correct and that Dewey had in fact expressed a theist argument in ''A Common Faith''.<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=LOc6q5lmEj8C&pg=PA524&lpg=PA524&dq=%22Henry+Neslon+Weiman&source=bl&ots=UMGKlGexQt&sig=XUCc4kmyGSjdI8tkKT1Zx03vqtk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA525,M1 ''John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanism''], Steven C. Rockefeller, Columbia University Press, 1991, ISBN 0231073488, ISBN 9780231073486, pp. 524-525 </ref>

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