In the aftermath of the Christmas Day terrorist attempt, which the president has linked to Al Quaeda, the Obama Administration justifiably scrambles to strengthen security measures. In the meantime, concerned citizens might be wise to look at promising long-term religious and spiritual resources in responding to the ongoing war on terror.
For example, process theology offers bridges between major world religions, science and religion, religion and spirituality, and across societal divides such as gender, sexual preference, race, and ethnic origin.
A post-Einsteinian, post-Jungian worldview, process theology emerged from the musings of Alfred North Whitehead, a noted mathematician who pursued interests in philosophy and science - even quantum physics. As one might expect, process theology is not antithetical to established scientific principles, and it remains open to new discoveries and insights in both science and religion.
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