Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki (born 1933) is an author and United Methodist professor emerita of

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. She is also co-director of the
Center for Process Studies
' at Claremont. Suchocki earned a

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degree in philosophy from

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in 1970 and both

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and

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degrees in religion from

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in 1974. She taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary from 1977 to 1983. From 1983 to 1990, she was professor of systematic theology and dean of Wesley Theological Seminary. In 1990, Suchocki returned to Claremont School of Theology, where she held the endowed Ingraham chair in theology and joint appointment at the

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until her retirement in 2002. She has held visiting professorships at

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in 1996 and 1999, and at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in

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, Germany, in 1992. Since 2001, Suchocki has been director of the ''Whitehead International Film Festival''. She is considered along with John B. Cobb and

David Ray Griffin David Ray Griffin (August 8, 1939 – November 2022) was an American professor of philosophy of religion and theology and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.Sources describing David Ray Griffin as a "conspiracy theorist", "conspiracist", "conspiracy nut ...

as one of the leaders in the field of

process theology Process theology is a type of theology developed from Alfred North Whitehead's (1861–1947) process philosophy, but most notably by Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000), John B. Cobb (1925–2024), and Eugene H. Peters (1929–1983). Process ...

Books

*''God Christ Church: A Practical Guide to Process Theology'', Crossroad, 1982 (227 p.), , revised ed. 1989 (263 p.): *''The End of Evil: Process Eschatology in Historical Context'', State University of New York Press, 1988, *''The Fall to Violence: Original Sin in Relational Theology'', Continuum International, 1995, *''Trinity in Process: A Relational Theology of God'', (coeditor with Joseph A. Bracken), Continuum International, 1996, *''In God's Presence: Theological Reflections on Prayer'', Chalice Press, 1996, *''The Whispered Word: A Theology of Preaching'', Chalice Press, 1999, *''Divinity and Diversity: A Christian Affirmation of Religious Pluralism'', Abingdon Press, 2003,

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