David Ray Griffin

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David Ray Griffin (2006)

David Ray Griffin (born August 8, 1939 ) is an emeritus American professor of the philosophy of religion and theology . He is a leading exponent of process theology .

Since 2004 Griffin has presented conspiracy theories as of September 11, 2001 in numerous writings and thus became a main proponent of the 9/11 Truth Movement .

Life

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Griffin grew up in Oregon and studied theology at Northwest Christian College and the University of Oregon . At Claremont Graduate University he received his doctorate in philosophy (Dr. phil.) In 1979. He has taught theology and Asian religions at the University of Dayton . In 1973 he went back to Claremont to co-found the Center for Process Studies . In 1983, Griffin founded the Center for a Postmodern World in Santa Barbara and was editor of the SUNY Constructive Postmodern Philosophy series between 1987 and 2004. David Ray Griffin has lived in Santa Barbara for a long time and is currently co-director of the Center for Process Studies

Conspiracy theories as of September 11, 2001

As a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , Griffin began to consider explanations other than those of the US authorities. In his book, The New Pearl Harbor , published in 2004 , he advocated the conspiracy thesis that neoconservatives in the US government not only subsequently used the attacks as a reason for war and conquest, but also actively brought about them to create this reason for war. The book title quotes an expression from a document by the neoconservative think tank " Project for the New American Century " from 2000: In it the authors had written that only a catastrophic event like a "new Pearl Harbor " could transform the protracted change in US military strategy into a more offensive one Alignment faster.

Griffin stated that he initially researched US foreign policy in the 20th century and interpreted the attacks as a reaction to US imperialism without examining the evidence that al-Qaeda was involved . But he knew that "US governments had already falsified evidence several times in order to go to war". Writings by Paul Thompson and Nafeez Ahmed ultimately convinced him that there must have been individual accomplices in these attacks in the USA. In main part 1 of the book on the four plane attacks, he advocates the thesis of a secretly prepared controlled demolition of buildings 1, 2 and 7 of the World Trade Center . In Part 2, he sets out his theses as answers to “worrying questions”: US officials had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks and had reasons to allow them. They hindered the investigation and blocked arrests.

In the second edition, Griffin reacted to the 9/11 Commission Report, which has since appeared . Specifically, he published the book The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions And Distortions , in which he also attacked the composition of the commission of inquiry, their selection of witnesses and the evaluation of the testimony as a sign of government dependence. He spreads his theses as "irrefutable evidence" that the official investigation reports are false and conceal the actual causes and the people behind them.

Fonts

Philosophy, theology, religion, science
  • A process Christology , Westminster Press, 1973, ISBN 0-664-20978-5
  • Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition , with John B. Cobb, Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1976, ISBN 0-664-24743-1
  • John Cobb's Theology in Process , Westminster John Knox Press, 1977, ISBN 0-664-21292-1
  • Process and Reality , Free Press; 2nd edition, 1979, ISBN 0-02-934570-7
  • Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time: Bohm, Prigogine and Process Philosophy , State University of New York Press, 1986, ISBN 0-88706-115-X
  • The Reenchantment of Science: Postmodern Proposals (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1988, ISBN 0-88706-784-0
  • Spirituality and Society: Postmodern Visions (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1988, ISBN 0-88706-853-7
  • Varieties of Postmodern Theology (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1989, ISBN 0-7914-0050-6
  • God and Religion in the Postmodern World: Essays in Postmodern Theology (Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1989, ISBN 0-88706-929-0
  • Archetypal Process: Self and Divine in Whitehead, Jung, and Hillman , Northwestern University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-8101-0815-1
  • Sacred Interconnections: Postmodern Spirituality, Political Economy and Art (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1990, ISBN 0-7914-0231-2
  • Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1990, ISBN 0-7914-0198-7
  • God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy , University Press of America, 1991, ISBN 0-8191-7687-7
  • Evil Revisited: Responses and Reconsiderations , State University of New York Press, 1991, ISBN 0-7914-0612-1
  • Founders of Constructive Postmodern Philosophy: Peirce, James, Bergson, Whitehead, and Hartshorne (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought), State University of New York Press, 1993, ISBN 0-7914-1333-0
  • Postmodern Politics for a Planet in Crisis: Policy, Process, and Presidential Vision (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1993, ISBN 0-7914-1485-X
  • Jewish Theology and Process Thought (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1996, ISBN 0-7914-2810-9
  • Parapsychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality: A Postmodern Exploration (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 1997, ISBN 0-7914-3315-3
  • Reenchantment Without Supernaturalism: A Process Philosophy of Religion (Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) , Cornell University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3778-4
  • Religion and Scientific Naturalism: Overcoming the Conflicts (SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) , State University of New York Press, 2000, ISBN 0-7914-4563-1
  • Process Theology and the Christian Good News: A Response to Classical Free Will Theism in 'Searching for an Adequate God: A Dialogue between Process and Free Will Theists', Cobb and Pinnock (Editor), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0-8028-4739-0
  • Two Great Truths: A New Synthesis of Scientific Naturalism and Christian Faith , Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, ISBN 0-664-22773-2
  • Deep Religious Pluralism , Westminster John Knox Press, 2005, ISBN 0-664-22914-X
  • Whitehead's Radically Different Postmodern Philosophy: An Argument for Its Contemporary Relevance (SUNY Series in Philosophy) , State University of New York Press, 2007, ISBN 0-7914-7049-0
  • Reason & Reenchantment: The Philosophical, Religious, & Political Thought of David Ray Griffin , Process Century Press, 2013, ISBN 1-940447-00-3
  • Panentheism and Scientific Naturalism: Rethinking Evil, Morality, Religious Experience, Religious Pluralism, and the Academic Study of Religion (Toward Ecological Civilization) , Process Century Press, 2014, ISBN 1-940447-03-8
  • Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis? , Clarity Press, 2014, ISBN 0-9860769-0-2
Conspiracy theories as of September 11, 2001
  • The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9-11 , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2004, ISBN 1-56656-552-9
    • German edition: Das Neue Pearl Harbor, Volume 1: Troubling Questions about the Bush Administration and September 11 , Peace Press, 2016, ISBN 3-86242-005-1
  • The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2004, ISBN 1-56656-584-7
  • Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action , Westminster John Knox Press, 2006, ISBN 0-664-23117-9
  • The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God: A Political, Economic, Religious Statement , with John B. Cobb, Richard A. Falk, and Catherine Keller, Westminster John Knox Press, 2006, ISBN 0-664-23009-1
  • 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out, Vol. 1 , editor, with Peter Dale Scott, Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2006, ISBN 1-56656-659-2
  • Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory (Revised & Updated Edition) , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2007, ISBN 1-56656-686-X
  • 9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2008, ISBN 1-56656-716-5
  • New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, the Cover-up and the Exposé , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2008, ISBN 1-56656-729-7
    • German edition: The New Pearl Harbor, Volume 2: September 11th - Cover- up and Revelation , Peace Press, 2016, ISBN 3-86242-010-8
  • The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the Final Official Report About 9/11 Is Unscientific and False , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2009, ISBN 1-56656-786-6
    • German edition: The mysterious collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the official final report for September 11th is unscientific and false , Peace Press, 2017, ISBN 3-86242-007-8
  • Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive? , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2009, ISBN 1-56656-783-1
  • Cognitive Infiltration: An Obama Appointee's Plan to Undermine the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2010, ISBN 1-56656-821-8
  • 9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2011, ISBN 1-56656-868-4
  • Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World , Olive Branch Press / Interlink, 2017, ISBN 1-56656-061-6
  • The American Trajectory: Divine or Demonic? , Clarity Press, 2018, ISBN 0-9986947-9-7

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Disbelievers - 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Are Building Their Case Against the Government From Ground Zero . Washington Post . Retrieved December 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ Project for the New American Century: Rebuilding America's Defenses ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (September 2000) (PDF, p. 51) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.informationclearinghouse.info
  3. ^ David Ray Griffin: The New Pearl Harbor , 2004, p. 13
personal data
SURNAME Griffin, David Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theologian, professor of the philosophy of religion and theology
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1939