In this first of two episodes, Dr. Oord unpacks and critiques the traditional free will defense which has often been appealed to in an effort to reconcile a God of love with the pervasiveness of genuine evil in the world.

To read more about this topic see Dr. Oord's book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.

In this episode Dr. Oord shares an excerpt from one of the many essays compiled in the book Love Does Not Control: Therapists, Psychologists, and Counselors Explore Uncontrolling Love

In this episode Dr. Oord shares an excerpt from Don Viney's review of the book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.  Donald Wayne Viney is the professor of philosophy at Pittsburg State University (Kansas).

Click here to read Viney's full reivew.  To purchase a copy of Dr. Oord's new book click here. 

In this episode Dr. Oord discusses some of the many Open and Relational resources available at the Center for Open and Relational Theology including Creeds and Worship Songs written from an Open and Relational Perspective.

Visit the Center for Open and Relational Theology to access these and other resources at:  www.c4ort.com 

Dr. Oord shares a modified version of the 12 steps of recovery adapted by Greg Hoover, written with the purpose of contemplating and applying the 12 steps through the lens of a God of uncontrolling love.

Dr. Oord discusses themes from the book Creating Women's Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought, a collection of essays edited by Monica A. Coleman, Nancy R. Howell and Helene Tallon Russell.

Creating Women's Theology engages women's questions:
• Can women from different religious traditions engage one theological approach?
• Can one philosophical approach support feminist religious thought?
• What kind of belief follows women's criticism of traditional Christianity?

Dr. Oord discusses themes from the Roger Wolsey's book Kissing Fish:  Christianity for People Who Don't Like Christianity.  Kissing Fish presents a postmodern systematic theology of progressive Christianity which is informative, contemplative, and entertaining.

Dr. Oord discusses the upcoming conference exploring the influential works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  and Alfred North Whitehead.

The conference, hosted by the Center for Process Studies and the Center for Christogenesis, will take place Sept, 21-23 at Villanova University.

For information and registration visit:
https://christogenesis.salsalabs.org/whitehead-teilhard-conference/index.html

Dr. Oord discusses the Doctoral program in Open and Relational Program he supervises co-sponsored by The Center for Open and Relational Theology and Northwind Seminary.  

To explore the full details and benefits of this doctoral program visit:
https://www.northwindseminary.org/center-for-open-relational-theology

Dr. Oord discusses the upcoming Theology Beer Camp, hosted by Homebrewed Christianity which will bring together a large group of Open and Relational Thinkers and podcasters over one weekend (Oct. 19-21) in Springfield, Missouri.

For information and registration visit: https://homebrewedchristianity.lpages.co/theobeercamp23/