当今时代是一个与斗争性的"现代"完全不同的时代,这是一个追求生态和谐与社会活力的时代,亦即"后现代"。要真正解决目前所面临的种种问题,以一种健康的模式走向生态文明与活力社会,我们需要使科技像仆人一样为人类和整个地球的利益服务。为此,我们必须恰当地对待和使用宗教的精神力量,让宗教提供古老的智慧来恢复过于重视科技而被破坏的传统的平衡。宗教和怀特海的"上帝"概念提供了一种普遍的爱,促进了所有人与所有生物之间的和谐。这样的概念会让我们的世界更加和谐而充满活力,让部分为整体做出贡献,让整体帮助所有的部分更好地生存,从而构成建设性后现代主义的整个图景。
Human civilization has entered a brand new era called "post-modern age",which is completely different from the competitive,conflict-filled "Modern Age".For this new era,ecological harmony and social vitality are top agendas,which call for the full service of science and technology.At the same time,we need to treat and utilize the power of religion adequately,drawing wisdom from religion to deal with the imbalance resulting from the overemphasis on science and technology.Religion and the concept of "God" given by Alfred North Whitehead offer a possibility of universal love,promoting the harmony between mankind and all the other living organisms.This view will render this world more harmonious and vigorous,making it possible for the part to contribute to the whole and the whole to help the part live a better life,which yields a vision of constructive post-modernism.