Tag: process theology
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…
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…
Held at the beautiful Grand Targhee Resort in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming, ORTCON26 is an in-person conference exploring topics in Open and Relational Theology. ORTCON26 brings together scholars, leaders, pastors, and activists. The conference provides workshops, lectures, and social activities to deepen relationships and present new ways of…
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…
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…
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…
It's been just over a year since the passing of my grandfather, John B. Cobb, Jr. He was a philosophical theologian, applying metaphysics to the Christian faith, and his metaphysics came from the early 20th century theologian Alfred North Whitehead. However, my grandfather's work was a springboard into a much…
In this Process Pop-Up, we’ll explore the core ideas of Chad Bahl’s newest book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism—a bold theological manifesto that critiques the metaphysical assumptions of supernatural theism. Bahl argues for a process naturalist view of God—one which sees God as relational, persuasive and…
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The University of California, Irvine Process Studies and South Asia fellowship has been awarded to two researchers: Kazi Adi Shakti, Independent Scholar and Artist; and Rishabh Gandhi: Vishwakarma University, Pune, India. Fellows receive a $1500 award and optional conference support in addition to mentorship with Dr. Brianne Donaldson and the…
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The University of California, Irvine (UCI) Program in Religious Studies supports promising PhD students or recent graduates (within 1 year of graduating with PhD and in an teaching or independent research position of some kind) to pursue targeted scholarship in Process-relational philosophy in substantive dialog with any aspect of South…
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