ORT Shorts
Thomas Jay Oord
Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and fits life as we live it.
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Oct 12, 2023 • 4min
Ep. 176 - The Traditional Free Will Defense (Part 2)
In this second of two episodes, Dr. Oord continues to unpack and critique the traditional free will defense which has often been appealed to in an effort to reconcile a God of love with the pervasiveness of genuine evil in the world.To read more about this topic see Dr. Oord's book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.
Oct 2, 2023 • 5min
Ep. 175: The Traditional Free Will Defense (Part 1)
In this first of two episodes, Dr. Oord unpacks and critiques the traditional free will defense which has often been appealed to in an effort to reconcile a God of love with the pervasiveness of genuine evil in the world.To read more about this topic see Dr. Oord's book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.
Sep 25, 2023 • 4min
Ep. 174: Sorry, That Won't Work for Me
In this episode Dr. Oord shares an excerpt from one of the many essays compiled in the book Love Does Not Control: Therapists, Psychologists, and Counselors Explore Uncontrolling Love
Sep 18, 2023 • 3min
Ep. 173: Don Viney Reviews Omnipotence
In this episode Dr. Oord shares an excerpt from Don Viney's review of the book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence. Donald Wayne Viney is the professor of philosophy at Pittsburg State University (Kansas).Click here to read Viney's full reivew. To purchase a copy of Dr. Oord's new book click here.
Sep 11, 2023 • 3min
Ep. 172: Creeds and Worship From an Open and Relational Perspective
In this episode Dr. Oord discusses some of the many Open and Relational resources available at the Center for Open and Relational Theology including Creeds and Worship Songs written from an Open and Relational Perspective.Visit the Center for Open and Relational Theology to access these and other resources at: www.c4ort.com
Sep 4, 2023 • 3min
Ep. 171: The 12 Steps of Uncontrolling Love
Dr. Oord shares a modified version of the 12 steps of recovery adapted by Greg Hoover, written with the purpose of contemplating and applying the 12 steps through the lens of a God of uncontrolling love.
Aug 28, 2023 • 3min
Ep: 170: Creating Women's Theology
Dr. Oord discusses themes from the book Creating Women's Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought, a collection of essays edited by Monica A. Coleman, Nancy R. Howell and Helene Tallon Russell.Creating Women's Theology engages women's questions:• Can women from different religious traditions engage one theological approach?• Can one philosophical approach support feminist religious thought?• What kind of belief follows women's criticism of traditional Christianity?
Aug 24, 2023 • 3min
Ep. 169: Christianity for People Who Don't Like Christianity
Dr. Oord discusses themes from the Roger Wolsey's book Kissing Fish: Christianity for People Who Don't Like Christianity. Kissing Fish presents a postmodern systematic theology of progressive Christianity which is informative, contemplative, and entertaining.
Aug 17, 2023 • 2min
Ep. 168: Teilhard and Whitehead Conference
Dr. Oord discusses the upcoming conference exploring the influential works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead.The conference, hosted by the Center for Process Studies and the Center for Christogenesis, will take place Sept, 21-23 at Villanova University.For information and registration visit:https://christogenesis.salsalabs.org/whitehead-teilhard-conference/index.html
Aug 14, 2023 • 2min
Ep. 167: Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology
Dr. Oord discusses the Doctoral program in Open and Relational Program he supervises co-sponsored by The Center for Open and Relational Theology and Northwind Seminary. To explore the full details and benefits of this doctoral program visit:https://www.northwindseminary.org/center-for-open-relational-theology
