In this episode Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Melissa Owens Stewart entitled, Good Lord Willing.  This essay is one of many compiled in volume 1 of a 2 volume work co-edited by Melissa which interacts further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.

Melissa will be one of many panelists interacting with be one of approximately 30 authors participating in the upcoming ORTLINE25 Open and Relational Theology Online Conference (Feb. 20 - 22, 2025).  Register today.

In this episode Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Deanna Young entitled, What the World Needs Now...Amipotence.  This essay is one of many compiled in volume 2 of a 2 volume work interacting further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.

Deanna Young will be one of approximately 30 authors participating in the upcoming ORTLINE25 Open and Relational Theology Online Conference (Feb. 20 - 22, 2025)

In this episode, Dr. Oord discusses and extends an open invitation to attend ORTCON25.
 
Held at the beautiful Grand Targhee Resort in the Grand Teton mountains of Wyoming, ORTCON25 is an in-person conference exploring topics in Open and Relational Theology. (June 30 - July 4, 2025)

ORTCON25 brings together scholars, leaders, pastors, and activists.  The conference provides workshops, lectures, and social activities to deepen relationships and present new ways of imagining God and the universe.  This year some of the featured speakers include Brian McLaren, Anna Case-Winters, John Pohl and many others.

For information and registration visit:  https://c4ort.com/ortcon/

In this episode, Dr. Oord interacts with the work of Dr. John Pohl, professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and recent DThM graduate of Northwind Theological Seminary. Dr. Pohl has recently published his doctoral thesis entitled, A Theology of the Microbiome: An Intersection of Divinity and the Microbial Life Within Us.

Dr. John Pohl will be one of many authors in attendance at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Online Conference which will be held February 20-22, 2025.  Registration is now open for this online conference featuring about 30 Open and Relational authors/books.

In this episode, Dr. Oord interacts with the work of Christopher Fisher who has compiled a 6 volume series entitled God is Open.  In volume 2 entitled "The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages upon the Christian Church", Fisher and Edwin Hatch explore the cultural and theological changes which occurred when Christianity encountered the Hellenistic world.

Christopher Fisher will be one of many authors in attendance at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Online Conference which will be held February 20-22, 2025.  Registration is now open for this online conference featuring about 30 Open and Relational authors/books.

In this episode Dr. Oord interacts with a section on Christian Nationalism in the book co-authored with Tripp Fuller entitled God After Deconstruction

This will be one of many books discussed and explored further by authors and panelists at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Online Conference which will be held February 20-22, 2025.  Registration is now open for this online conference featuring about 30 Open and Relational authors/books.

In this episode Dr. Oord continues to interact with the new book from Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw entitled, Surviving God: A New Vision of God through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors.

This will be one of many books discussed and explored further by authors and panelists at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Online Conference which will be held February 20-22, 2025.  Registration is now open for this online conference featuring about 30 Open and Relational authors/books.

In this episode Dr. Oord interacts with the new book from Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw entitled, Surviving God: A New Vision of God through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors.

This will be one of many books discussed and explored further by authors and panelists at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Online Conference which will be held February 20-22, 2025.  Registration is now open for this online conference featuring about 30 Open and Relational authors/books.

In this episode, Dr. Oord interacts with the new book from John Wesley Dally entitled, Putting Essential Kenosis to the Test:  Applying the Wesleyan Quadrilateral

John Dally will be one of 30 authors present to discuss their books at the upcoming ORTLine25 Open and Relational Conference Online held February 20-22.  To register visit: https://c4ort.com/ortline25-feb-20-22-2025/

In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the work of Andrew Davis in conversation with Alfred North Whitehead's understanding of the goodness of God and how (not to) understand Whitehead's statement that "God is a little oblivious to morals".

For more on Davis' work on this topic, visit:
https://www.openhorizons.org/andrew-davis-in-munich-on-the-goodness-of-whiteheads-god.html