Events
Ten Differences Between Traditional Systematic Theology and My Systematic Theology of Love | Thomas Jay Oord
The shift from theologies oriented around controlling power to one oriented around uncontrolling love radically reshapes what systematic theology can be. It centers experience in bold ways, and not just the experiences of white men. In this session, Thomas Jay Oord explores ten differences between his systematic theology of love and traditional systematic theologies.
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Mind-at-Large Project: A New Dawn
The inaugural conference of the Mind-at-Large Project will be held fully online from April 15–17, 2026, hosted by the Center for Process Studies. The conference program will feature plenary lectures from leading thinkers, emerging scholar presentations, panel dialogues across disciplines and structured opportunities for substantive exchange.
What’s Next? An Eartheology of All That Is | Catherine Keller
As the terrestrial trauma of global warming and US deregulation mounts, must we face ecological apocalypse? Ecological issues are routinely subordinated, even on the left, to pressing human concerns. Catherine Keller considers an apocalypse of dis/closure, not closure. Can the crisis itself crack open ways of greater collective attention to human and other-than-human wellbeing? How does theology, so often indifferent to the material world, help rather than hinder? Might we as Christians need a theology of God’s embodiment in all things—and particularly in the Earth? Not just in a one-off incarnation? The creation might then appear not as a one-time product but as ongoing and interdependent creativity. Does process theology help to motivate not only ecosocial virtue, but to materialize the creativity of love?
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Process Pop-Up: Becoming Together: Immersing a Congregation in Process Theology
Ever wondered how to introduce process theology into your congregation? Join Pastor Brian Cromer for a process pop-up exploring a four-week journey that uses diverse practices, including participatory Bible study, storytelling circles, worship, and collaborative art, to immerse a community in core themes of process thought: God in relationship, becoming and change, persuasive love, and co-creation and transformation.
The Depths of the Sacred: How Process Mediates between ‘Believers’ and ‘Nonbelievers’ | Philip Clayton
Conversations with process thinkers from Process Explorations inspired Philip Clayton's most recent book, Science and the Sacred: Beyond the Gods in Our Image. Now, a year later, he returns to the group that inspired the book to reflect with you on lessons learned since its publication, and to hear your responses.
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From Orthodox Monasticism to Sufi Process Theology | Sa’id Abdul Latif
In this presentation, former Russian Orthodox priest-monk Sa’īd Abdul Latif (Troy Heagy) reflects on his journey from Eastern Christian monasticism to a form of process theology-informed Sufi Islam. He will explore his early understanding of faith and truth as adherence to correct dogma authoritatively defined by church, confession, or creed—the idea that one need only discover the right institution and submit to its formulations. He will then describe his gradual movement toward a more dynamic theological vision shaped by process thought and the metaphysical language of Ibn ʿArabī, particularly the doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujūd (“Unity of Being”).
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Process Pop-Up: A Systematic Theology of Love
Apparently, Thomas Jay Oord has written the first book with the title, A Systematic Theology of Love. Oord not only puts love at the center of this thinking about God and creation, this central emphasis changes the way he considers core themes about God and creation. In this pop-up, Oord talks about what differences love makes to a consistent theology.
Process Philosophy in Under-Explored Traditions in Philosophical History: An Online Conference
This conference will be the first to birth this long overdue intellectual exchange as it offers an improved metaphysical framework for value and consciousness in all ontological entities to address various concerns that are facing humanity: economy, political, and environmental. Although there are hesitant answers to some of these global challenges facing humanity, the influence of substance-based analysis has yet to offer penetrative answers, in addition to the almost complete lack of interaction among scholars of process to explore their common ground for a common voice in the way that substance thought has done over the centuries.
Is There Ever a “Just” War? A Process-Relational Reframing of Power, God, and Violence | Sheri Kling
In a time of rising global conflict and polarized rhetoric, this presentation explores the enduring question, Is there ever a “just” war? Drawing on process-relational theology and engaging voices such as Alfred North Whitehead, Thomas Jay Oord, Walter Wink, Catherine Keller, and Parker J. Palmer, Sheri D. Kling, director of Process & Faith, reframes traditional just war thinking through a relational lens that challenges assumptions about power, control, and violence.
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Education and the Homo Ludens Hypothesis | Daniel Dombrowski
The philosopher George Allan—in three well-written books in philosophy of education—applies the Homo Ludens hypothesis to education, especially to higher education. College education at its best is a type of dynamic play. Allan’s contribution to the Homo Ludens hypothesis has been underappreciated. Allan often relies on the process thought found in Alfred North Whitehead’s classic Aims of Education. The goal of the present presentation is to explore the important contribution Allan can make toward the understanding of the contemporary crumbling of the walls of the cathedral of learning, to use his dramatic metaphor.
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Dementia Dharma: Caregiving Sentient Beings with Neurodegenerative Diseases | Lourdes Arguelles and John Freese
In this session, Lopon Dorje Khandro and Rev. Dr. Dhammabodhi will briefly explore critical intersections between Buddhism, New Paradigm Sciences, and the Practicalities of Dementia Caregiving in the United States. They will focus on how to maintain a radical compassionate caregiving presence, insure the provision of essential and non-exploitative care, and recognize the “luminous mind” while serving humans and animals whose physical capacities, cognitive functions, and identities are fading. The presenters will also share their main Buddhist and caregiving practices such as Tonglen (sending and taking), Chod (cutting practice), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and some new and old visual, sound, touch and olfactory therapies.
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Global Economic Governance: The Case of Trade, Economic Development, and AI | Douglas Lippoldt
In his presentation, Doug Lippoldt will illustrate manifestations of systemic challenges using a sectoral case study approach focused on a set of middle-income developing countries striving to engage more deeply in the AI economy. The sample will include countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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