Deep Talks: Exploring Theology and Meaning Making
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
We're nearing the end of our problem of evil series. In today's episode, we'll explore the controversial theology and philosophy known as Open Theism, which was popularized in the 1990's by a group of predominantly evangelical theologians.
These open theists challenged both classical and process views on God and attempted to find a way to make metaphysical sense of what they believed was essential to the biblical narrative. Believing that the entire biblical narrative collapses if we cannot find a way to account for human moral responsibility and that God cannot be good if He acts as the "arsonist firefighter" in creation, these controversial theologians attempted to bring an innovative approach to addressing the problems of evil and suffering.
Did they succeed, or does open theism just fall into the same theodicy problems that both classical and process theists before them faced?
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Ep 42: The Problem of Evil (Part 2)- Fallen Angel Backstories, Nephilim Legends, & Cosmic Conflict in the Bible & Dead Sea Scrolls.
Ep 41: The Problem of Evil (Part 1)- Intro & Job
Ep 40: John Mark McMillan - Finding God in the Transcendent & the Immanent
Ep 39: The Sermon on the God of War's Mount
Ep 38: Dr. Jeannine K. Brown- A Better Way to Read the Bible
Ep 36: Paul Vander Klay Returns! Stories from Charismatic culture, Communion, Jordan Peterson
Ep 35- Bruxy Cavey- Questions about Anabaptism
Ep 34- Faith Deconstruction & Why It May Be Scientifically Normal
Ep 33: Live from Ottertail, MN- Art, Work, and the God(s) We Worship
Ep 32: Dr. Jim Stump, VP of BioLogos- Evolutionary Creationism?
Ep 31: Micah Redding- SciFi Theology? Transhumanism & Christianity
Ep 30: July Q&A- Origins of Sin, Predestination & Prayer, Worshipping Mary, & More!
Ep 29: Christ & Culture (Pt. 3)- Battle of The Gods!
Ep 28: Christ & Culture (Pt. 2)- Synthesis, Paradox, or Metamorphosis?
Ep 27: Christ & Culture- From Jesus Freaks to Christian Nazis (Part 1)
Ep 26: The Afterlife- What Does It Really Say in the Bible?
Ep 25: Prophetic Dreams- The Bible, Science, Consciousness
Ep 24: Dr. Glenn Packiam conversation. Seeing the Sacred Everywhere
Ep 23: The Eucharist is Everywhere- Paul's story on The Ferment Podcast
Ep 22: Dr. Clay Routledge conversation- Science Behind Our Meaning Crisis
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