Events
Frontiers of Knowledge
Join our partners Saturday, September 13 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen for Frontiers of Knowledge, a mind-expanding day of conversation with world-renowned scientists, philosophers, and authors. This fast-paced symposium explores a radically new story of the universe — one that challenges long-held assumptions about mind, matter, and meaning. From the origin of life to the nature of consciousness, you'll engage with leading thinkers who are reshaping how we see the world and ourselves.
Process Pop-Up: Psychedelics, Religion, and Transformation
The intersection of psychedelics and Christianity provides an opportunity for spiritual and emotional healing, where psychedelics can mediate profound mystical experiences that deepen rather than diminish Christian faith. These experiences can help Christians overcome fear, connect directly with God's presence, and integrate such encounters into their own lives and ministry, as well as into the ministry of the Church.
Liberating Theology and Ethics for the Common Good: The Contribution of Schubert M. Ogden and Franklin I. Gamwell
Join Southern Methodist University for a day-long conference honoring the achievement and assessing the legacy of two of the most important Christian theological and moral thinkers of the last half-century: Schubert M. Ogden, of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology, and Franklin I. Gamwell, of the University of Chicago Divinity School.
The 2025 Pando Sustainability Awards
The 2025 Pando Sustainability Awards honor the project-based work of LA’s young people and practical visionaries who care. The event will be held at Caltech and celebrate the success of Pando Days projects produced over the 2024-25 school year.
Special Event | Renewing Faith: Reigniting Faith and Ministry through Process and Open & Relational Theologies
Join Process & Faith for this special event to hear from contributing authors to the new book, Renewing Faith: Reigniting Faith and Ministry through Process and Open & Relational Theologies. This unique book emerged from a conference P&F hosted in January of 2025.
Carasoul: Animating the Imaginal Mind with Kaeti MacNeil
In this SPARKS offering, artist and animator Kaeti MacNeil will share the story of her award-winning short film Carasoul: a Portrait in Nth Dimensions alongside reflections first shared in her interview for the Novel Becomings blog.
Theology Beer Camp: The Quest for the Holy Stein
For three glorious days, top theologians, podcasters, and faith adventurers will throw down on the biggest questions of existence—God, meaning, justice, resurrection, the problem of evil, and why bad beer happens to good people. You’ll sip your way through mind-blowing conversations, live podcast throwdowns, interactive sessions, and a few unexpected surprises.
Process Pop-Up: A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness
Join Nish Dubashia and Marie Murtagh for an engaging talk on "A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness." Tracing the evolution of human spirituality from ancient beliefs to modern visions of unity and awareness, this conversation blends history, philosophy, and personal insight. Includes a presentation and interactive Q&A inviting reflection on the future of faith, meaning, and consciousness.
Possibility Spaces in Cosmology, Biology, and Beyond
Join us for a fascinating webinar featuring Michael Levin (Tufts University) and George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town), moderated by Andrew M. Davis (Center for Process Studies). Together, they will explore the curious and profound question of “possibility spaces”—those unseen domains that shape what can emerge in cosmology, biology, and beyond. What are these possibility spaces? How do we come to know them? In what forms do they exist—and perhaps most intriguingly, why do they exist at all?
World Goodwill Seminar | Envisioning a New Global Culture: The Search for Unity between East and West
How can Chinese wisdom and Whitehead’s philosophy of organism help build a culture of shared humanity and hope—bridging East and West? Center for Process Studies Board Chair, Dr. Jay McDaniel will explore this topic. Also presenting in this session of the seminar is Dr. Jack Bagby, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Consciousness, and Cosmology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Process Pop-Up: Eco-Psychology, Plant Medicine, and the Sacred Earth
Join educator Travis Cox for an exploratory webinar discussing the intersections between non-ordinary states of consciousness, our relationships to the more-than-human world, and the connections between human mental health and the health of the living Earth.
Poetry at Play: Reading, Conversation and Making
Kathleen Wakefield will read a selection of her poems followed by questions and conversation with Jay McDaniel. We will cap our session off with an opportunity to enjoy an interactive poetry writing experience. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on the process of writing their poem and share their work, if desired.