Posts Tagged ‘Process Theology’
Process Pop-Up: Creation out of Nothing and the Ultimacy of Love
If we can imagine an open and relational—or even process—perspective that remains open to the idea of creation out of nothing, the key question becomes: Could such a perspective interpret creation out of nothing as an act of amipotent love rather than dominating power? Might creatio ex nihilo be reimagined, not as a display of unilateral control, but as the first expression of a divine relationality that honors the freedom and value of all that follows? These are the kinds of questions that Lina Langby and Jay McDaniel will explore in this Pop-Up conversation.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: The Hidden Sacred
If God has been luring reality toward quality and beauty for vast ages, and yet there is still so much suffering in the universe, then do we have reasons to hope that our afterlives will be wonderful rather than more of the same? In this pop-up, Tim Miller will offer several imaginative scenarios illustrating that our hopes for glorious afterlives might be justified.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology, Spirituality, and Social Change
In this Pop-Up, Bruce Epperly will draw from his book The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology, Spirituality, and Social Change to explore the intersecting spiritual visions of two towering figures: Alfred North Whitehead, the eminent philosopher and process theologian, and Howard Thurman, the influential African American mystic, theologian, and civil rights leader.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: A Tale of Two Narratives: Judeo-Christian Perspectives on Creation and Salvation
This Process Pop-Up explores two major Judeo-Christian grand narratives: Fall/Redemption and Creation/Restoration. Dr. Gayle Hansen Browne will examine the historical development of these narratives, compare their perspectives on key theological themes, and discuss how the narrative Christians adopt shapes their spiritual and everyday lives.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: From Amipotence to All-Encompassing Mercy: Integrating Oord’s Theology of Love into the Islamic Tradition
Drawing from Thomas Jay Oord’s work as well as his own scholarship, Dr. Adis Duderija will guide participants through the theological landscape, examining both the obstacles and opportunities for integrating amipotence within the Islamic interpretive tradition. We’ll delve into how we can reframe our understanding of the Qur’an and its portrayal of God’s mercy, emphasizing that divine love and mercy are not just attributes but the essence of God’s nature.
Read MoreRenewing Faith Online Conference
Join Process & Faith on a sacred journey to renew your faith and explore how we live into process and open & relational theology together. During this multi-day online event, you’ll have the opportunity to explore several core themes of Christian faith—not academically, but in “big conversations” and practices.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: Faith & Feeling
In both process thought and Schleiermacher’s philosophy, the essence of existence is not lifeless matter or dogmatic precepts. Rather, it is lived experience. In this lived experience, we are interconnected both as human beings and in fellowship with the Divine. In this Pop-Up, Chad Bahl will explore faith and feeling through the lens of Schleiermacher and Whitehead.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: Pasts and Futures of Islamic Process Theology
In this Pop-Up, Jared Morningstar will present Islamic process theologies, overviewing resonances between existing Muslim philosophies and cosmologies with contemporary process perspectives, and also exploring the emerging forms of explicit Islamic process theologies.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: Hinduism, Ever-Evolving
In this conversation, Dr. Jeffery Long, a practitioner and theologian in the Vedanta tradition of Sri Ramakrishna as well as a scholar of process philosophy and Asian studies, and Swami Padmanabha, a leader and teacher in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, will share their thoughts on resonances between their two Hindu traditions and process thought.
Read MoreProcess Pop-Up: The God of Tomorrow: Whitehead and Teilhard on Metaphysics, Mysticism, and Mission
In this event, Dr. Bruce Epperly, a public theologian skilled at sharing process ideas in digestible ways, will examine Whitehead’s and Teilhard’s ideas to show the ways in which their themes converge and examine how this synergy can help us plan strategies to join God’s adventure of the universe in our own spheres.
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