Catherine Keller on Cloud of the Impossible

Sep 19, 2015

In this engaging discussion, Catherine Keller, a professor of Constructive Theology and author of 'Cloud of the Impossible,' dives deep into apophatic tradition and process theology. She explores the interplay between negative theology and relational interpretations of divinity, embracing multiplicity within Christian thought. Keller skillfully links contemporary science and spirituality, touching on concepts like quantum entanglement. She also addresses power dynamics in religious contexts, questioning the impact of hierarchical views on society. This conversation is a thought-provoking journey into the nature of theology and existence.

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Intro

00:00 • 6min

Exploring Emergent Church Dynamics

05:34 • 6min

Theology as a Polydoxy: Embracing Multiplicity in Christian Tradition

11:26 • 3min

Exploring Negative Theology and Process Thought

14:46 • 25min

Bridging Science, Spirituality, and Existence

39:23 • 34min

God, Power, and Hierarchies

01:13:08 • 6min

Contrasting Icons and Theological Connections

01:18:50 • 3min

JC is on the podcast! That's right it is Just Catherine (Keller). During the podcast we discuss her amazing new book Cloud of the Impossible and the connections between the apophatic tradition, contemporary science and process theology.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Subverting the Norm III. STN3 (November 5-7) is that most awesome of an event in Springfield Missouri in which Keller, Caputo, Rollins, and more will be bringing the theological heat. Be there. Use the code HBCSTN for a discount. The day before on November 4th Jack Caputo and I will be putting on a Theology Nerd Bootcamp. If you want to nerd out in a very significant way then you should be there. Sign-up now!

Catherine Keller is Professor of Constructive Theology at the Theological School of Drew University. In her teaching, lecturing and writing, she develops the relational potential of a theology of becoming. Her books reconfigure ancient symbols of divinity for the sake of a planetary conviviality—a life together, across vast webs of difference. Thriving in the interplay of ecological and gender politics, of process cosmology, poststructuralist philosophy and religious pluralism, her work is both deconstructive and constructive in strategy. In this podcast we discuss Cloud of the Impossible: Theological Entanglements, which explores the relation of mystical unknowing, material indeterminacy and ontological interdependence.

Keller has taught since 1986 in the Theological and Philosophical Studies Area of Drew's Graduate Division of Religion. After studies in Heidelberg and in seminary, she did her doctoral work at Claremont Graduate University with John B. Cobb,Jr., and remains involved with the Center for Process Studies. Through her leadership of the Drew Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium since its inception in 2000, she fosters with colleagues and graduate students a hospitable context for its far reaching annual conversations. The TTC has yielded a path-breaking series of co-edited volumes.

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