Andrew Schwartz: On the Zestiness of Process Theology

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Dr. Andrew Schwartz is a scholar, organizer, and social entrepreneur. He is Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies and Assistant Professor of Process Studies & Comparative Theology with Claremont School of Theology at Willamette University, as well as Co-Founder and Vice President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization. He is Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Sustainability and Environmental Justice at Willamette University. His current work includes comparative religious philosophy, as well as the role of big ideas in bringing about systems change for the long-term wellbeing of people and the planet the Executive In this conversation we discus a bunch of questions sent in from the Homebrewed Community... 1. Books Andrew likes to use when teaching Process Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead & Process Theology: A Basic Introduction by Robert C. Mesle On Whitehead by Philip Rose God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2. How Whitehead came to believe in God 3. Why Process Panentheism is the superior Panentheism shout out to Hartshorne's Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes why Creation Out of Nothing is the most overrated doctrine 4. Process Panenthesim & Panpsychism here's the book exploring this theme and it is FREE :) 5. Why is Process thought reaching more people now than ever? 6. If you had a dinner party with Whitehead, who are you inviting? Want to go to a dinner party at the Whitehead's? Then read Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead. Some Previous Process Theology Episodes Godehard Brüntrup: Emergent Panpsychism & Process Theology John Cobb: Christology and Process Theology Jewish Process Theology w/ Rabbi Brad Artson Emergence, Panenthesim, Science & Process Theology with Joseph Bracken S.J. Monica A. Coleman: Process Womanist Theology 5 Reasons to Go Process w/ Monica Coleman Helene Russell: Trauma Sensitive Theology Trump is (NOT) a Process Theologian & Other Questions w/ Thomas Jay Oord Susan Shaw: the story of a Process Southern Baptist Feminist Can a process theologian be an Evangelical & other questions with Philip Clayton #TeamProcess vs. #TeamOpenTheism – Live from St. Paul A Process Spirit Christology with Joseph Bracken #BarrelAged Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam John Thatamanil on Non-duality, Polydoxy, and Christian Identity Robert Mesle intro to Whitehead Catherine Keller on Process, Poetry, & Post-Structuralism The Problem of Evil & Suffering w/ Robert Mesle Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh yeah, what is up theology nerds? This is Trip. And you're listening to Homebrewd Christianity.
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0:50.9	We want to think with you.
0:52.6	And today on the podcast is my friend,
0:56.3	Andrew Schwartz. He is the executive director of the Center for Process Studies. We did our PhDs
1:02.3	at the same time. And you will discover in this conversation that we're friends. That's right.
1:07.8	We're friends. There's a certain flavor, people say, two homebrewed episodes
1:11.0	when Trips talking to his friend. Some of you love them. Some of you are like, I know, it means they're long, and you talk almost as much as the guest. And that's true. It's an affirmation. When I talk more, it's because I'm into it, and I'm excited. So look, look, this is one of those episodes. And in it, Andrew, as the executive
1:29.5	director for the Center for Process Studies, comes on and answers a bunch of questions about process
1:34.8	thought from you, home-brewed Christianity listeners. Oh yeah, he first talks about, like,
1:41.4	what are his favorite books to use when teaching process then we
1:44.5	discuss how whitehead came to believe in god again why process pan-intheism is superior to other
1:50.0	pan-intheism we talk about the relationship of process pan-intheism pan-psychism an article he
1:55.4	and tom ord wrote why process theology or process thought is reaching more people now than ever and who you would
2:03.3	want to invite for a dinner party with Whitehead. So I mean, those are the questions people sent in.
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