 Hoping to reconstruct a Christian faith more compatible with scientific and historical knowledge , Cobb entered the University of Chicago Divinity School . He was successful in restoring his personal faith primarily with the help of Richard McKeon , Daniel Day Williams , and Charles Hartshorne . McKeon introduced Cobb to philosophical relativism , while Hartshorne and Williams taught him Whiteheadian process philosophy and process theology . Alfred North Whitehead 's thought became the central theme of Cobb 's own work . 
