Introduction

I am so pumped to have Catherine Keller back on the podcast and helping to kick-off our new HBC class – Christianity in Process (which starts this week). This conversation is peak zest!

In this conversation we discuss

• How Catherine Keller found Process theology via John Cobb’s Christ in a Pluralistic Age
• the problem of evil and suffering
• the Omnipotent deity inspiring atheism
• the lure of Whitehead’s vision for Keller
• at the intersection of process feminism & panentheism
• why Creation Out of Nothing isn’t Biblical – shout out to The Face of the Deep: a Theology of Becoming
• Keller shares about the process of teaching Process Theology
• what is theopoetics?
• the presence and purpose of God in the midst of suffering
• what is role of mystery for the theologian?
• Catherine’s love of Nicholas of Cusa – shout out to Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement
• reflecting on the participatory language of the New Testament
• We learn about Catherine’s fascination with the Apocalypse – shout out to Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy and Other Last Chances: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances
• Prophecy is NOT Prediction – it is a dream reading!

Catherine Keller is George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in The Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University.

If you are new to Catherine Keller and Process Theology this is the book to start with – On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity In Process.

Previous Podcasts with Catherine Keller

• Apocalyptic #ProcessParty with Catherine Keller & Jacob Erickson

• Theological Possibilities with Catherine Keller

• God-ish?:Logos of Theos in a (Seriously) Uncertain Time

• on Cloud of the Impossible
• Catherine Keller on Process, Poetry, & Post-Structuralism

• Theology for the People: Keller, Cobb and God

• The Birth of God and a new JC – part 2 Keller AAR

• Keller-riffic + Caputo Tells Pete the “lack†is BS

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