Our theology journal club consists of people who have graduated from Northwind Theological Seminary under the tutelage of Thomas Oord Ph.D. We recently reviewed the article, “Spiritual Experience: Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Implications” by John C. Chatlos who is a psychiatrist at the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The article is open access and theContinue reading “Theology Journal Club!”
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Dinosaur National Monument, Fossils, and God
I apologize about the delay in posting. I went on a salmon fishing trip in northern British Columbia. I then returned back to Utah to spend 3 days with my spouse at Dinosaur National Monument on the Utah/Colorado border. Dinosaur National Monument is a beautiful place. It is a relatively small monument (about 320 squareContinue reading “Dinosaur National Monument, Fossils, and God”
A Question from ORTLine
I gave an overview of my recent book, A Theology of the Microbiome during ORTLine this weekend. ORTLine in an on-line session theology meeting consisting of many authors who discuss their books followed by reviews of their works by experts in the field of Open & Relational Theology (ORT) or in related fields. My bookContinue reading “A Question from ORTLine”
The Dipolar Nature of God and the Concept of the Brahman
My good friend Michael Brennan (substack “Theodivergent”) and I have been meeting every few weeks online to discuss books. We were going over God Christ Church by Marjorie Suchocki. As part of our discussion, we went over her discussion about the dipolar nature of God (as originally described by Charles Hartshorne). Hartshorne proposed that GodContinue reading “The Dipolar Nature of God and the Concept of the Brahman”
The Moon is a Metaphor for Process
This post is a quick dip into process philosophy and process theology. The Bible has many verses talking about the purpose of God placing the moon in the heavens. Psalm 89:37: “It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven”. Psalm 8:3: “When I consider your heavens, the workContinue reading “The Moon is a Metaphor for Process”
The Sine Wave of Belief
Lately, I’ve been doing some reading about metaphysical belief systems. We all are metaphysical. Even if one doesn’t believe in God or “the supernatural” (often poorly defined), one’s lack of belief is still a metaphysical system. I would argue that we are all metaphysical in our thought process. We often find ourselves searching for theContinue reading “The Sine Wave of Belief”
Entropy and Theodicy, Part 2
In my prior post, I provided a discussion as to why I think we should consider that evil explored in theodicy likely should only be explained as “natural evil”. I provided some research / references suggesting that organic brain disease seems to describe why people often cause moral evil. Thus, moral evil is physically justContinue reading “Entropy and Theodicy, Part 2”
God and Society
I have been working my way through We Have Never Been Modern by Bruno Latour. Early on, I came across this quote: “No one is truly modern who does not agree to keep God from interferingwith Natural Law as well as with the laws of the Republic. God becomesthe crossed-out God of metaphysics, as differentContinue reading “God and Society”
Answering an IRAS Listener Question
I had a great time doing a talk for the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) last week. I was expected to put together an accurate and comprehensive lecture, and I appreciate the audience attending the lecture who asked me hard questions. Hard questions are always good in science, philosophy, theology, andContinue reading “Answering an IRAS Listener Question”
God in Time
I’m going to link to my recent book again (“A Theology of the Microbiome“, SacraSage Press). I do this 1) because I write about these issues in detail in the book and 2) I need to market the book (right?). In my book, I go into detail about process theology which is a theological modelContinue reading “God in Time”
Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings 