Philip Clayton just gave the Center for Process Studies' intro to Process theology lecture at Claremont School of Theology. You should watch it. … Read more about Philip Clayton Introduces Process Theology
A Process Spirit Christology with Joseph Bracken #BarrelAged
Joseph Bracken is a retired professor of theology from Xavier University and author of many books on philosophical theology. Bracken takes the rich heritage of Catholic thought and combines it with his interest in Process philosophy and the German Idealist tradition. In this episode we discuss … Read more about A Process Spirit Christology with Joseph Bracken #BarrelAged
Theology for the People: Publishing, Emergent and God
Tripp sits down with Tony Jones to chat about the new series with Fortress Press: 'Theology for the People". They chat about everything from the publishing industry to the emergent church - from theological education to the death of God. If you have not heard part 1 of the AAR live event … Read more about Theology for the People: Publishing, Emergent and God
Marx & Whitehead: Reviewing “Organic Marxism”
by Austin Roberts If you’re like me and have ever wondered what a “process Marxism” would look like, the recently published Organic Marxism: An Alternative to Capitalism and Ecological Catastrophe by Philip Clayton and Justin Heinzekehr is an exciting vision of such a possibility. It is in fact … Read more about Marx & Whitehead: Reviewing “Organic Marxism”
Between Radical & Confessional Theologies: Whitehead’s God
Guest-post by Austin Roberts. He is a PhD student at Drew University, studying with the incomparable Catherine Keller. [listen to her podcast here] You should 100% follow his blog and you might want to read his book on eco-theology Process pairing Jürgen Moltmann and John Cobb. As a process … Read more about Between Radical & Confessional Theologies: Whitehead’s God
A Process Response To Tony Jones’ 5 Questions
By Austin Roberts - follow Austin's blog imago*futura here Tony Jones’ love of Jürgen Moltmann’s theology is absolutely contagious. His status as a ‘Moltmanniac’ strongly influenced my master’s thesis topic that I wrote at Claremont with Philip Clayton a couple of years ago, which was a … Read more about A Process Response To Tony Jones’ 5 Questions
How (not) to speak (about the power) of God
I appreciated many things about the most recent TNT episode in which Tripp and Bo dealt with some of the questions and common misconceptions of process theology and its differences from other theologies like Arminianism and open theism. I also enjoyed the exchange between Tripp and Brandon in the … Read more about How (not) to speak (about the power) of God
Pastoring the Process
What a week! On top of interacting with concerns of Roger Olson and Tony Jones about process thought, I have received amazing emails, tweets, blog and Facebook comments. Here are the 4 biggest themes that emerged from those interactions. How does Process affect your field of … Read more about Pastoring the Process
Is God Unique? a response to Tony Jones
Tony Jones posted a question on his blog about the uniqueness of the process god. As you may know, I responded to Roger Olson earlier this week and I have been talking about how much appreciate 'al's - relation-al incarnation-al mission-al practic-al radic-al I would add … Read more about Is God Unique? a response to Tony Jones
A Newbie Response to Roger Olson
Roger Olson blogged about why he is not a Process Theologian. Since I am a newbie to Process Thought, I thought it would be fun to respond to the post point-by-point. My responses are in bold. In the days to come, people who do this for a living (instead of a hobby) will respond more deeply and … Read more about A Newbie Response to Roger Olson
TNT: a Homebrewed Stew of Topics
This edition of the Theology Nerd Throwdown is a smorgasbord of subjects - a cornucopia of concepts - a torrent of topics... you get the idea. First up is the 30 second definition blind challenge when Bo has to define 3 terms or concepts. This week's words are: anointing, perichoresis and … Read more about TNT: a Homebrewed Stew of Topics
The Problem With Prayer
As a pastor I get to talk with a lot of people. The issue of prayer comes up more often than any other topic. I think I understand why but when any pattern is this consistent it piques my attention and compels me to dig a little deeper. The problem, of course, isn’t for those for whom prayer is … Read more about The Problem With Prayer