Professor Santiago Sia: Publications

Books:
A. Scholarly
1. God in Process Thought: a Study in Charles Hartshorne's Concept of God. Studies in Philoso¬phy and Religion 7 (Dordrecht/Boston/Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985), with a postscript by Charles Hartshor¬ne. Reviews available.
2. Editor of Process Thought and the Christian Doctrine of God (St. Bede's Publications, 1986), reprinted by The Centre for Metaphys¬ics and Philosophy of God, Leuven University, 1987. Reviews available.
3. Editor of Charles Hartshorne's Concept of God: Philosophical and Theological Responses. Studies in Philosophy and Religion 12 (Dordrecht/Boston/Lancaster: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989). Reviews available.
4. (with Marian F. Sia) From Suffering to God: Exploring Our Images of God in the Light of Suffering (Basingstoke: Macmillan/N.Y. St. Martin's Press, 1994). Reviews available.
5.Co-editor (with André Cloots) Framing a Vision of the World: Essays in Philosophy, Religion and Science. Louvain Philosophical Studies 14 (Leuven: University of Leuven Press, 1999).
6. Religion, Reason and God, Contributions to Philosophical Theology 10 (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Publishers, 2004).
7. Philosophy in Context. Dharma Endowment Lectures 2005 (Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2006).
8. (with Ferdinand Santos), Personal Identity, the Self and Ethics, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

B. Creative
1. (With Marian F. Sia) The Fountain Arethuse: a Novel (Lewes, U.K.: The Book Guild Publishers, 1997). Reviews and media coverage available.

C. Conference Proceedings:
1. Guest Editor of Special Issue of Process Studies, XIX, 4, 1990 (contains the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Process Thought organised by the Japanese Society for Process Studies, Tokyo, Japan).
2.English-language Editor of What Does it Mean to be Human?: Proceedings of the Second Yoko Civilisation International Conference (Takayama, Japan: Yoko Civilisation Research Institute, 1991).

(II) Peer-Reviewed Publications: Scholarly Articles/Chapters in Books:
1."On God, Time and Change," The Clergy Review (England), LXIII, 10 (Oct. 1978), 378-387.
2."An Interview with Charles Hartshorne," Milltown Studies (Ireland), No. 4 (1979), 1-23.
3."Moral Judgement as Prescriptive," Milltown Studies (Ireland) (Autumn 1983), 17-26.
4."God in Process Thought: an Introduction to the Questions," The Clergy Review (Eng¬land), (August 1984), 289-296.
5."Reflections on Job's Questions," Spirituality Today (USA) (Sept. 1985), 234-242.
6."Kai Nielsen's Criticisms of Religious Ethics," Milltown Studies (Ireland) (Autumn 1985),1-9.
7."Charles Hartshorne on Describing God," Modern Theology (England), III, 2 (Jan. 1987), 193 203.
8."The Doctrine of God's Immutability: an Introduction to the Modern Debate," New Blackfriars (England) (May 1987), 220-233. Reprinted in God and Change (Katholie¬ke Universi¬teit Leuven, 1987), 220-233.
9."Suffering and Creativity:" Ultimate Reality and Meaning (Canada), XII, 3 (Sept. 1989), 210-220.
10."Personal Reflections on Process Thought," Process Studies (USA), XIX, 4 (Winter 1990), 217-219.
11."Process Thought as Conceptual Framework," Process Studies (USA), XIX, 4 (Winter 1990), 248-255.
12.“Preface,” in Santiago Sia, ed., Charles Hartshorne’s Concept of God: Philosophical and Theological Responses (Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990), ix-xi.
13."Cierpienie i kreatywnosc," Trans. Piotr Gutowski. Zeszyty Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego (Poland), XXXIII, 1-4 (1993), 19-31.
14.(with Marian F. Sia), "Death and the Christian," New Blackfriars (England) (April, 1991), 172-177.
15."[Religion and Postmodernity in Europe] Comments," in Isamu Nagami et al., eds. What Does it Mean to be Human?: Proceedings of the Second Yoko Civilisation International Conference (Tokyo: Yoko Civilisation Research Institute, 1991),133-136.
16.(with Marian F. Sia), "Ultimate Meaning, Suffering and God," American Journal of Philosophy and Theology (USA), XIII, 1 (January 1992), 25-36.
17."Hartshorne, Charles (1897- )," Encyclopedie Philosophique Universelle. Vol. III: Les Oeuvres Philosophiques (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1992), 3312-3313. Translated into French.
18."Christian Responsibility in the Philippines," in Stephen S. Kim and John B. Cobb, Jr., eds. Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilisation: Doing Theology in the Pacific Region (Claremont: Asian Heritage Press, 1992), 100-103.
19."Response to Teruo Kawata," in Stephen S. Kim and John B. Cobb, Jr., eds. Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilisation, 81-83.
20."Is Human Existence in Itself Not of Ultimate Significance?" Ultimate Reality and Meaning (Canada), XVI. 1-2 (March-June 1993), 139-141.
21."Charles Hartshorne's Interpretation of Human Immortality," Bijdragen: Tijdschrift voor Filosofie en Theologie/Zeitschrift fur Philosophie und Theologie/International Journal of Philosophy and Theology (The Netherlands), LIV (1993), 254-270.
22."Suffering and Christian Theism: Towards a Praxis-based Response to Hume's Challenge," Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (The Netherlands), XLVII, 4 (October 1993), 265-275.
23."Suffering, Creativity and Immortality: a Challenge to Hartshorne's Idea of Ultimate Reality and Meaning," in Andrew Reck et al, eds., American Philosophers' Ideas of Ultimate Reality and Meaning (University of Toronto Press, 1994), 259-270.
24.“Concrete Experience and Methodology,” Process Perspectives (USA) (Fall 1996).
25.“Speaking of God in the Midst of Suffering,” Minerva: an Internet Journal in Philosophy (Ireland). http://www.ul.ie/~philos. (August 1997).
26.“Suffering: the Mystery Explained: a Response to Cosgrove,” The Furrow (Ireland), XLIX, 1 (January 1998), 47-49.
27.“The Function of Religion in Human Life and Thought: a Whiteheadian Exploration.” in Marcel Sarot, ed, Identity and Change in the Christian Tradition. Studies in Philosophical Theology 2 (Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishers, 1999), 57-71.
28.“Introduction” in André Cloots and Santiago Sia, eds., Framing a Vision of the World: Essays in Philosophy, Religion, and Science (Leuven: University of Leuven Press, 1999), ix-xiii.
29.“Christianity in the Philippines: Some Reflections on a Spanish Legacy” in Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard et al., eds. Journey of a Hundred Years: Reflections on the Philippine Centennial (Los Angeles: PAWW, 2000) 57-67.
30. “Teaching Ethics in a Core Curriculum: Some Observations,” in Teaching Ethics (Fall 2001), 69-76.
31. “Concretising Concrete Experience,” in Darren Middleton, ed., God, Literature and Process Thought (U.K.: Ashgate Publishers, 2002), 47-61.
32. “Metaphysical Knowledge of God,” Proceedings of the Rome International Conference on Metaphysics for the Third Millennium.
33. “Hartshorne, Charles,” in New Catholic Encyclopedia, second edition, Vol. 6 (Thompson Gale/Catholic University of America Press, 2003), 657-658.
34. (with E.R. Naughton) “Panentheism” in New Catholic Encyclopedia, second edition, Vol. 10 (Thompson Gale/Catholic University of America Press, 2003), 820-822.
35. “Personal Identity in Charles Hartshorne’s Metaphysics,” in Nikolay V. Omelchenko, ed., Human Being in Contemporary Philosophical Conceptions: the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Volgograd September 14-17, 2004, 2 vols. (Vogograd: Print Press, 2004).
Reprinted in EUPHIDAS—European Philosophical Databases Systems.
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36. “Catholic Traditions and Philosophical Research,” in Christopher Garbowski et al. (eds.), Catholic Universities in the New Europe (Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL, 2005), 179-207..
37. “Science and Ethics: Some Fundamental Considerations,” New Blackfriars: a Review, Vol. 87, No. 1009 (May 2006), 273-275.
38. “Seeing the Wood by Means of the Trees: a View on Education and Philosophy.” Process Papers. An Occasional Publication of the Association for Process Philosophy of Education, No. 10 (May 2006), 17-28.
39. “Ethical Issues in Radiology: a Philosophical Perspective,” Radiation Protection Dosimetry (forthcoming).
40. “Creative Synthesis: a Process Interpretation of Causality,” PHILOSOPHIA: An International Journal in Philosophy (forthcoming)

(III) Other Publications/Talks:
1."Of Tin Can, Syringe and Heroin," Here and Now (Philippines), I, 3 (April 1971), 34-37.
2."Before Another Dawn," (a poem on the human quest for meaning), Zenith (Ireland), II (1972).
3."Why Loneliness: a Philosophical Interpretation," Kairos (Ireland), IV, I (Sept. 1975), 19-21.
4."Understanding Evil," Kairos (Ireland), IV, 6 (March 1976), 20-21.
5."Alone," Kairos (Ireland), (Nov. 1983), 30-31.
6.“Preparing for Christmas,” a talk given on the local radio, DYDC, Dagupan City, Philippines (1969)
7."Exploring our Images of God in the Light of Suffering," talk given to the faculty, staff and students of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, USA (March 1995).
8."The Significance of a Liberal Arts Education," Interview given during the "Education Special Programme," East Coast Radio, Bray, Ireland, (Sept. 7, 1995).
9."Foreign Languages and College Education," Interview given during the "Education Special Programme," East Coast Radio, Bray, Ireland (Sept. 21, 1995).
10.“The Pursuit of Wisdom,” a talk given to parents during orientation day for Freshman students, Loyola Marymount University, L.A. USA (June 2000).
11.Interviews given: Los Angeles Times (USA); Loyolan (USA); Nieuwe Blatte (Belgium); Het Laatste Nieuws (Belgium); GVA (Belgium); The Voice (Belgium).
12. “Below the Belt” a short story, in Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (ed.) Growing Up Filipino (PALH, 2003), 260-270.
13.. Interview on KCLR (Kilkenny-Carlow Radio) on the symposium on “End-of-Life Issues and Care for the Dying” (October 2004).
14. Interview on KCLR (Kilkenny-Carlow Radio) on the Bioethics Forum on “Science and Ethics” of TecNet 2004 Conference (December 2004).
15. Interview on KCLR (Kilkenny-Carlow Radio) on the symposium on “Ethics, Faith and the Caring Professions” (March 2005)
16. Expert Panelist at the Annual National Conference of the Irish Association for Palliative Care (November 2006)

Papers:
1.“Aquinas and the Natural Law," read to the Faculty of Philosophy, Divine Word Semi¬nary, Tagaytay City, Philippines (1971).
2."Charles Hartshorne's Philosophy of Religion," read at the Graduate/Staff Colloquium, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland (1977).
3."Process Thought," read to the faculty and students of Milltown Insti¬tute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, Ireland (1978).
4."Voluntary Euthanasia: the Issues," read to the faculty and students of Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, Ireland (1979).
5."R.M. Hare's Moral Theory," read to the Faculty of Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago, USA (1982).
6."Philosophical Reflections on Death," read to various groups of teachers in Birmingham and Coventry, England (1983).
7."Evil as a Problem," read to the Catholic Teachers Federation, Birmingham, England (1984).
8."Thinking about God," read to the Association of Catholic Teach¬ers, Leamington Spa, England (1985).
9."Charles Hartshorne's God-talk," read at Claremont School of Theology, California, USA (1986).
10."Our Concepts of God," read at St. Scholastica's Priory, Peters¬ham, Massachusetts, USA (1986).
11."God and Human Rights: a Response to Prof. Griffin," read at the International Conference on Process, Peace and Human Rights, Kyoto, Japan (1987).
12."Suffering and Creativity," read at the Second European Congress of URAM, Leuven, Belgium (1987).
13."Evil and the Power of God," read at the III Congreso Mundial de Filosofia-Cristiana, Quito, Ecuador (1989).
14."Our Concepts of God and Secularisation," read at the II Yoko Civilisation International Conference, Takayama City, Japan (1989).
15."Process Thought and the Status of Religious Beliefs," read at the International Sympo¬sium on Process Thought organised by the Japanese Society for Process Studies, Tokyo, Japan (1989).
16."Liberation Theology and Latin America," Public Lecture given at Loyola Marymount Universi¬ty, Los Angeles, USA (1990).
17.18.19."What Kind of God?: the Challenge of Suffering to Theism Today";"The Compassionate God of Charles Hartshorne"; and"Hartshorne's Theodicy: a Critique" Public Lectures given at the Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, Lublin, Poland (1990).
20."Images of God in Process Thought and Liberation Theology," read to an invited audience of academic philosophers and theolo¬gians, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland (January 1991).
21."What Kind of God?: The Challenge of Suffering to Theism Today," read at a seminar sponsored by the Center for Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, Califor¬nia, USA (March 1991).
22."The Ultimate Reality and Meaning of Human Existence According to Charles Harts¬horne: a Critique," read at the Sixth Biennial meeting of the International Conference on Ultimate Reality and Meaning, University of Toronto, Canada (August 1991).
23."Mabuhay ang Pilipino!: Christian Responsibility in the Philippines," read at the International Conference on Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilisation, sponsored by the Morikawa Pacific Rim Ecumenical Conference, Claremont, CA (November, 1991).
24."The Use of the Philosophical Journal in Teaching Ethics," read at the International Conference on Teaching Philosophy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, University of Vermont (August 1992).
25."From Suffering to God: a Praxis-based Approach," read at the East Asian Pastoral Institute, Quezon City, Philippines (January 1993).
26."Metaphysics and Immortality," read to the Philosophy Dept. of Chulalangkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (January 1993).
27."Suffering and Christian Theism," read to the Higher Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (March 1993); read to the Dept. of Theology, Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, The Netherlands (May 1993).
28."Another Look at David Hume's Challenge," keynote paper at the international symposium on "God and Suffering", European Centre for Process Studies, Leuven, Belgium (May 1993).
29."Participating in God's Liberative Action," read to the Dept. of Philosophy of Religion, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands (May 1993).
30."The Aim of Moral Striving: The Possibility and Application of Aristotle's and Confucius's Ethical Theories towards a Global Understanding of Morality and the Diversity of Cultures," read at the School for Comparative Philosophy International Conference at Antwerp, Belgium (September 1994).
31."Speaking of God in the Midst of Suffering," read to an invited audience of judges, lawyers, and other professionals, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, USA (February 1995).
32."Epicurus's Questions and the Concept of Creativity," read at the Milltown Institute for Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland (May 1995).
33."In What Sense is Evil a Philosophical Problem?" Public Lecture given in the Dept. of Religious Studies, Beijing University, Beijing, PRC (October 1995).
34"Whitehead's Process Philosophy," Public Lecture given in the Institute of Philosophy, Beijing University, Beijing, PRC (November 1995).
35."A Philosophical Perspective on the Reality of Suffering," read at the Academic Staff Colloquium, LSB College, Dublin, Ireland (January 1996).
36."A Change of Profile, a Change in Perspective: Re-examining Academia," Keynote address, LSB College, Dublin, Ireland (February 1996).
37.“Charting One’s Academic Journey,” presented at LSB College, Dublin, Ireland (September 1996).
38.“Metaphysical God-talk,” presented to Cumann Fealsunachta na h-Eireann/Irish Philosophical Society, Galway City, Ireland (October 1996).
39.“Speaking of God in the Midst of Suffering,” presented to Colaiste Mhuire Gan Smal, Illscoil Luimnigh/ Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland (November 1996).
40.“The Buddha’s Criterion for Truth.” presented to the Religious Studies Department, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland (November 1996).
41.“Process Metaphysics,” presented to the Philosophy Department, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland (November 1996).
42.“Concretising Concrete Experience,” presented at the European Society for Process Thought and the Groupe de Recherche sur l’Actualite et la Creativite, Universite Catholique, Lille, France (April 1997).
43.“The Function of Religion in Human Life and Thought,” Invited paper presented at the International Research Colloquium: Identity and Change in the Christian Tradition, Univeriteit Utrecht, The Netherlands (October 1997).
44.“The Concept of God in Process Thought,” presented to the Faculty of Philosophy, National University of Maynooth, Ireland (January 1998).
45.“Evil: a Literary-Philosophical Approach to the Issues,” presented to the Philosophy Society, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland (January 1998).
46.“Metaphysics and God in Hartshorne’s Philosophy,” Paper presented to the Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (February 1998).
47.“Concretising Concrete Experience,” presented at the Silver Anniversary International Whitehead’s Conference, Claremont, USA (August 1998).
48.“Faith and Reason,” presented at the Symposium on Faith and Reason, Dept. of Philosophy and Dept. of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, L.A., USA (February 1999).
49.“Teaching Ethical Issues in a University Core Curriculum: Some Methodological Considerations” presented at the Ethics Across the Curriculum conference, Rochester, USA (October 1999).
50.“Whitehead’s Conception of Religion,” presented at the Invited Speakers Series, Dept. of Philosophy, University College, Dublin, Ireland (February 2000).
51.“Seeing God in All Things—Even in Suffering?” presented at the President’s Day, Loyola Marymount University, L.A., USA (March 2000).
52. “Omniscience versus Foreknowledge,” presented at the Gifford Bequest International Conference on Natural Theology, Aberdeen, Scotland (May 2000).
53.“Metaphysical Knowledge of God,” presented at the Metaphysics in the Third Millenium International Conference, Rome, Italy (September 2000).
54.“Teaching Ethics in the Core Curriculum: Revisiting our Startingpoint,” presented at the Ethics Across the Curriculum Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA (October 2000).
55. “The Pursuit of Wisdom: Plato and Confucius,” presented at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK (October 2001).
56. “Science, Religion and Hartshorne’s Metaphysics,” presented to the Faculty of Philosophy, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, Lublin, Poland (April 2002).
57. “The Influence of the Process Thought of A.N. Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne on Theological Thinking,” presented to the Faculty of Theology, Uniwersytet Im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznan, Poland (April 2002).
58. “Faith and Reason: A Process View.” AQUINAS LECTURE, University of Malta, Malta, delivered as a Public Lecture at the University (March 2003).
59.60. “Re-thinking the Problem of Evil” and “Science, Religion and Hartshorne’s Metaphysics,” presented to the Theological Society, University of Malta, Malta (March 2003).
61. “A Whiteheadian Contribution to the Dialogue between Philosophy and Literature,” presented at the XXIst World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul, Turkey (August 2003).
62. “Standing on the Past, Looking Towards the Future: Reflections on Carlow College as an Academic Institution,” Dean’ Address, Carlow College, Ireland (February 2004).
63. “Catholic Traditions and Philosophical Research” presented at the international conference on “Catholic Traditions in History, Literature and Philosopy” organized by the Erasmus Institute of Notre Dame University, USA, and the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (September 2004).
64. “Science and Ethics: Some Fundamental Considerations,” presented at the 2nd Annual BioNet Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland (December 2004).
65. “The Challenge of Suffering and Evil: a Process Literary-Philosophical Approach,” presented at the 6th Global Conference on Perspectives on Evil and Wickedness, CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic (March 2005).
66. “Seeing the Wood by Means of the Trees: a View on Education and Philosophy,” Dean’s Address, Milltown Institue of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland (October 2005)
67. “Education and the Quest for Wisdom,” presented to staff and students of the University of Malta (November 2005)
68-73. The Dharma Endowment Lectures (6 lectures on “Philosophy in Context”) delivered at Dharmaram College, Bangalore, India (December 2005).
74. “Faith and Reason: a Process Interpretation,” Faculty Seminar, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, India (December 2005).
75. “Fides et Ratio: Some Reflections from a Process Perspective,” presented at the Whitehead International Conference, University of Salzburg, Austria (July 2006).
76. “Religious Belief, Metaphysics, and Metaphysical Thinking,” presented at the International Conference on Belief and Metaphysics, Granada, Spain (September 2006).
77. “Ethics and Ethical Codes,” paper to be presented at the Conference on Ethical Issues in Radiology, Sentinel Europe, Dublin, Ireland (October 2006).
78. “Creative Synthesis: an Interpretation of Causality,” paper presented at the International Conference on Action Theories, SophiaEuropa, Salesian University, Rome, Italy (October 2006).
79-80. “Fides et Ratio: a Process Response,” and “Creative Synthesis: a Meeting of Metaphysics and Physics” presented at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (October 2006).
81. “Fides et Ratio: a Process Response,” presented to the Franciscan Theological Seminary, Katowice, Poland (October 2006).
82 “Creative Synthesis: Causality in Hartshorne’s Process Philosophy.” to be presented at the 2007 International Conference on Creativity and Process: East-West Dialogue, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2007).
83. “A Process Interpretation of the Relationship between Faith and Reason,” to be presented at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (April 2007)

Current Scholarly / Creative Work:
“Those Distant Shores: a Novel” (This is a philosophical novel that deals with human longings. ‘Shore’ is used in the physical, psychological and metaphysical senses. This work is nearing completion.)
“Is Life a Sentence?: Philosophy and the Search for Meaning” (an article nearing completion)

(IV) Abstracts / Communications / Posters

1.”Abstract of Ph.D. Thesis,” Process Studies (USA), X, 3-4 (Fall-Winter) 1980, 143.
2.."International Conference on Human Rights in Kyoto, Japan: a Report," Journal of Beliefs and Values (England), VIII, I (1987), 20-22.
3."Second Biennial Meeting of URAM in Europe: a Report," Journal of Beliefs and Values (England), IX, 1 (1988), 29-30.

VARIOUS REVIEWS OF BOOKS IN JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

Readings: The Fountain Arethuse: a Novel
- Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (December 1997)
- Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland (January 1998)
- Dept. of American and English Literature, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (February 1998)
- Pangaea, International House, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (February 1998)
- College of the Holy Spirit, Leuven, Belgium (February 1998)
- Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, Ireland (February 1998)
- Center for Process Studies, Claremont, USA (August 1998)
- Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, Ireland (November 1998)
- Pangaea, International House, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (February 1999)
- Irish Institute for European Affairs, Irish Club, Brussels, Belgium (February 1999)