Evolution of Consciousness and Mitigating Suffering

Process theologian Jay McDaniel joins me to discuss the contributions of process thought to the Christian tradition. What points of similarity and dissimilarity are there between process thinking and traditional, modern, and postmodern lenses?

0:00 Introduction

1:06 What Does Theology Look Like from a "Process" Lens?

Relationship with Traditional Faith

5:44 A Feeling, Responding God

8:40 Not All-Powerful

14:40 A Dynamic, Living Whole

Relationship with Modern Thought

19:41 The Naturalistic Paradigm and (the) Beyond

24:30 A Theology of Organism and Complexity

29:30 "God" as Counter-Entropic Lure and Preserver of Good

39:33 A Modern Gestalt for Christianity?

49:31 Looking Forward, Not Back

54:52 The Pathos of God

Relationship with Postmodern Thought

1:04:38 Play, Beauty, Reality

Relationship with Metamodernism

1:10:33 Lineages, Legacies, and Futures

1:14:40 Conclusion