Swedish-born John Elof Boodin (1869–1950) emigrated to America in 1887 and entered Harvard ten years later. He earned his PhD under the idealist philosopher Josiah Royce and became close with the great American pragmatist William James. Under these two influences Boodin synthesized a unique metaphysic, the basis of his forward-looking process theology. Presented in Three Interpretations of the Universe and God and Creation, this book (his last) is the capstone of that Christ-centered trilogy.
Michael A. Flannery is professor emeritus of UAB Libraries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of America’s Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours (2023).
