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Ha ha , not that amazing. ... he just lists my name. (Truthfully, I had the book for ages, before I saw it!)Wow, @PilgrimsProgress
I didn't know that. Amazing. I too don't read acknowledgements much. Going to have to start
He's been a guest on Homebrewed Christianity quite a few times and seems like a fairly engaging sort of guy from his conversations with Tripp Fuller. Tripp himself is also heavily into open/relational theology and did his doctorate at Claremont with Philip Clayton as his supervisor. I believe George knew Tripp or at least had met him. Actually, now that I think of it, isn't George acknowledged or even mentioned/cited in God Can't? Or am I thinking of another Oord book?I don't agree with all his ideas -but do in the main.
Yes, George gets an acknowledgement in God Can't..........He's been a guest on Homebrewed Christianity quite a few times and seems like a fairly engaging sort of guy from his conversations with Tripp Fuller. Tripp himself is also heavily into open/relational theology and did his doctorate at Claremont with Philip Clayton as his supervisor. I believe George knew Tripp or at least had met him. Actually, now that I think of it, isn't George acknowledged or even mentioned/cited in God Can't? Or am I thinking of another Oord book?
Yes, George gets an acknowledgement in God Can't..........
When I was in Claremont for the seminar in 2019, Tripp Fuller was one of the tutors. Also Donna Bowman and Catherine Keller......
Seriously, Mendalla, Process Thought is a great philosophy, if you can't accept it as a faith.
So, I have to know, is he as boisterous and talkative in that setting as on the podcast? 'Cause dang, Tripp sometimes takes over from the poor guest at times when he gets rambling., Tripp Fuller was one of the tutors.
Was just thinking about Pan's posts. They were long and rambling and full of typos yet he was a great teacher.
Ha ha, I know what you mean........ His enthusiasm overflows, which I can appreciate - but there were times I wish I had a plug to stop the gushing.......So, I have to know, is he as boisterous and talkative in that setting as on the podcast? 'Cause dang, Tripp sometimes takes over from the poor guest at times when he gets rambling.
And I found out after the Great WC experiment was over from him that he had been trying to convert/proslytize me lolWas just thinking about Pan's posts. They were long and rambling and full of typos yet he was a great teacher.
Something that Oord has done great work to remedy, but it is still going to be fighting that image for a long time to come. It was the province of academic theology for too long and only in recent decades have you had people with more of a pastoral background embracing it and trying to make sense of it for a broader audience. I was talking about Tripp Fuller upthread and one of my issues with him is that he will sometimes just let loose with a storm of theological jargon that would make almost anyone without at least a Master's degree or a strong interest in the subject cross their eyes and pass out.Yeah can be far too academic and abstract
Something that Oord has done great work to remedy, but it is still going to be fighting that image for a long time to come. It was the province of academic theology for too long and only in recent decades have you had people with more of a pastoral background embracing it and trying to make sense of it for a broader audience. I was talking about Tripp Fuller upthread and one of my issues with him is that he will sometimes just let loose with a storm of theological jargon that would make almost anyone without at least a Master's degree or a strong interest in the subject cross their eyes and pass out.
George was another one who was fighting that tendency, developing meaningful ways of picturing a process Deity without confusing or boring people. His jazz image (or at least the jazz image he used, not sure if he came up with it) for instance.
Blessed Be!Something that Oord has done great work to remedy, but it is still going to be fighting that image for a long time to come. It was the province of academic theology for too long and only in recent decades have you had people with more of a pastoral background embracing it and trying to make sense of it for a broader audience. I was talking about Tripp Fuller upthread and one of my issues with him is that he will sometimes just let loose with a storm of theological jargon that would make almost anyone without at least a Master's degree or a strong interest in the subject cross their eyes and pass out.
George was another one who was fighting that tendency, developing meaningful ways of picturing a process Deity without confusing or boring people. His jazz image (or at least the jazz image he used, not sure if he came up with it) for instance.
Blessed Be!
I have noticed similar issues with CSJ material
Too much of the originaring theories are written in academicese -- I sometimes wonder if some academics intentionally write this way ad a sort of code to protect their work?
So bless those who can translate these abstruse jargony ideas into more Plain Language :3
Sophia works in mysterious ways :3
Just to be clear, Process Theology isn't my faith, but rather a framework for my faith. It's ideas are just a wonderful guide to living your best life.Something that Oord has done great work to remedy, but it is still going to be fighting that image for a long time to come. It was the province of academic theology for too long and only in recent decades have you had people with more of a pastoral background embracing it and trying to make sense of it for a broader audience. I was talking about Tripp Fuller upthread and one of my issues with him is that he will sometimes just let loose with a storm of theological jargon that would make almost anyone without at least a Master's degree or a strong interest in the subject cross their eyes and pass out.
George was another one who was fighting that tendency, developing meaningful ways of picturing a process Deity without confusing or boring people. His jazz image (or at least the jazz image he used, not sure if he came up with it) for instance.
Just to be clear, Process Theology isn't my faith, but rather a framework for my faith. It's ideas are just a wonderful guide to living your best life.
I want more people to understand it, hence my criticism of it being too wordy, too intellectual and thus too obscure for most people.
I find it disturbing that Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism dominate Christian thought these days - and an obscure Process Theology isn't helping.
We're living in an increasingly complex world and people are drawn to certainty -so doubt and uncertainty are not favoured by many. When it comes to faith many are attracted to Fundamentalism or atheistic...... We are becoming people of the binary.