In his newest book, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism, Chad Bahl offers a bold theological manifesto that critiques the metaphysical assumptions of supernatural theism. He demonstrates the incompatibility between the supernaturalistic worldview and the scientific worldview, and maintains that supernaturalism perpetuates rather than solves the problems of theodicy and divine hiddenness. 

As a solution, Bahl argues for a process naturalist view of God—one which sees God as relational, persuasive and embedded within the natural world. Bahl is an emerging voice in the process theology community. In this Process Pop-Up, we’ll explore the core ideas in this text.

Chad Bahl, DThM is a graduate of Northwind Theological Seminary and specializes in the study of Open and Relational Theology. Bahl is the author of God Unbound: An Evangelical Reconsiders Tradition in Search of Truth, the author/editor of Deconstructing Hell: Open and Relational Responses to the Doctrine of Eternal Conscious Torment, Mornings with Schleiermacher: A Devotional Inspired by the Father of Modern Theology, and, most recently, The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism.