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Homebrewed Christianity

Thomas Jay Oord: from Pluriform Love to Divine Revelation

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

This is another zesty session of “Big God Questions” with Tom Oord. In this edition, we discuss his new book Pluriform Love, an Open and Relational account of divine revelation, and more. At the end of the episode, Tom offers to send 10 people a copy of his new book if they submit a question for a future ‘Big God Questions’ session. So send us a question HERE. We are both evangelists for Open and Relational Theology and now that it has a center you should check it out. You can also check out the doctoral program in Open and Relational Theology here. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is an award-winning author, and he has written or edited more than twenty books. A twelve-time Faculty Award-winning professor, Oord teaches at institutions around the globe. A gifted speaker, Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation. Some Previous Tripp & Tom Pods Big God Twitter Takes Trump is (NOT) a Process Theologian & Other Questions Thomas Jay Oord wants you to know “God Can’t†Open and Relational Theology Throwdown Open and Relational Q&A with Thomas Jay Oord Why Go Wesleyan? Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, 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, theology nerds. This is Tripp. And you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.

0:12.7

We've been bringing you interviews with some of the best scholars in the ivory towers, trying to bring that wisdom.

0:19.6

Drop it right in yourbud so you can think,

0:21.7

reflect, challenge, work through those big questions of life, faith, love, and zest.

0:27.8

And today on the podcast, we have the return of Thomas J. Ord, friend of the podcast for a fun

0:34.3

session of, you guessed it, big God questions. Mm-hmm. And in this episode,

0:41.0

one, I ask him a question up front about his brand new book, plural form, love. Why? Because it's a good

0:46.6

book and I wanted everyone to know about it. And you got to ask your friend about their new book, right?

0:51.6

Then we spend quite a bit of time answering a tricky little

0:55.6

question about divine revelation from an open and relational perspective. And then we start talking

1:00.9

about the utility and the desire and how you even misunderstand whether a theology is better

1:05.2

than another. That and who knows what else happened because we were having ourselves a good old time.

1:11.5

Just friends nerding out.

1:13.6

Yeah.

1:14.4

It's my favorite hobby.

1:15.9

Now, before we hop in, I want to remind everyone that this very week, here at homebrewed Christianity,

1:22.8

we're launching a brand new online reading group, Jesus Deconstructed.com.

1:28.7

And to join Jesus Deconstructed, you just go to Jesusdeconstructed.com.

1:32.5

You get six weeks of wrestling with Jesus with me and my friend, Diana Butler Bass,

1:39.4

scholar of American religion, friend of the pod, and downright, just super awesome person.

1:45.3

We are going to have some serious fun wrestling with Jesus, the legacy, and what it means

1:50.6

to take his call to discipleship seriously today.

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