Dr. Andrei Buckareff and some of his co-authors are convinced that in recent times philosophers of religion have been too traditional, focusing too much of their attention on an understanding of God as a perfect creator of the cosmos who is distinct from that cosmos, someone who created it out of nothing.To remedy this many of them propose that God just is the cosmos (pantheism) or that God is like a soul and the cosmos is God’s body (panentheism).As it’s philosophy, though, intellectual diversity is on display; other authors criticize such views, or explore alternatives within or outside of traditional theistic theologies.In this wide-ranging interview, we hear about this ongoing research project, some of these alternative concepts of God (i.e. the unique, ultimate reality), and what motivates such explorations.* Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine, edited by Andrei Buckareff and Yujin Nagasawa.* Other contributors: Peter Forrest, Karl Pfeifer, John Bishop, Ken Perszyk, Marilyn McCord Adams, Charles Taliaferro, Robin Le Poidevin, John Leslie, Brian Leftow, Willem B. Drees, Hugh J. McCann, J.L. Schellenberg, Emily Thomas, Eric Steinhart* The Pantheism and Panentheism Project* interviews with Dr. Buckareff at Closer to Truth* papers by Dr. Buckareff* Charles Hartshorne* William L. Rowe* Linda Zagzebski, “