Joseph A. Bracken, S.J. is professor emeritus of theology and former director of the Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Interreligious Dialogue at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. He has specialized in linking the metaphysical thought of Alfred North Whitehead with Christian systematic theology. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles; his works include Subjectivity, Objectivity and Intersubjectivity: A New Paradigm for Religion and Science (2009) and Does God Roll Dice? Divine Providence for a World in the Making (2012).