He felt that Whitehead had yielded to the natural human tendency to conceive of God in terms which offered a merely pleasant feeling about religion without demanding the kind of ultimate commitment to the creative process itself which Wieman felt was urgently needed. (religion-online.org)
But note that it can serve such a consummatory liberating function only insofar as the study provides an occasion for the development of the student's own ultimate commitment, which is to construct and practice a faith of his own. (religion-online.org)
In particular, I believe that secular studies can benefit from the framework of values and the wisdom about man's ultimate commitments generated over the centuries in the experiences of prophets and saints and articulated in fresh, contemporary language by critical theological inquiry. (religion-online.org)