God is neither omnipotent nor impotent but amipotent. At least that’s what Thomas Jay Oord argues. In The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence and other books, Oord makes… Read More »Amipotence: Support & Criticism
…God is neither omnipotent nor impotent but amipotent. At least that’s what Thomas Jay Oord argues. In The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence and other books, Oord makes… Read More »Amipotence: Expansion & Application
…The microbiome is a vital part of life on Earth. Modern science has shown that the microbiome is involved in almost all aspects of human functioning, including human behavior. But… Read More »A Theology of the Microbiome: An Intersection of Divinity and the Microbial Life Within Us
…Bad views of God and harmful experiences lead many of us to deconstruct. But we’re right to run from the nonsense we’ve been taught and from those who hurt us.… Read More »God After Deconstruction
…For decades, millions of Christians have been leaving church behind. Among those who have stayed, not only individuals, but entire congregations are rejecting traditions that fail to address the challenges… Read More »Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays, and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open,…
With its emphasis on relation over substance and possibility over predetermined endings, open and relational theology provides a way forward for both Muslims and Christians. This way, as Open and… Read More »Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives
…Meaning is not simply discovered but created. Two exceptional thinkers who can help us with this creative meaning-making process are the French academic René Girard and the British philosopher Alfred… Read More »Processing Mimetic Reality: Harmonizing Alfred North Whitehead and René Girard
…In Metaphysics of Exo-Life, Andrew M. Davis offers a constructive philosophical response to historian Steven J. Dick’s “naturalistic cosmotheology” from within the process metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead. Davis articulates… Read More »Metaphysics of Exo-Life: Toward a Constructive Whiteheadian Cosmotheology
…Omnipotence is dead. At least it should be. It has no biblical support. And it dies a death of a thousand qualifications in philosophy. Those harmed and hurting wonder why… Read More »The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence
…That love does not control seems obvious to many people. And yet the temptation to control—often with good motives — is strong. The long-term results of yielding to this temptation… Read More »Love Does Not Control: Therapists, Psychologists, and Counselors Explore Uncontrolling Love
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