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June 2017
Process Summer Institute 2017
The Process Theology Summer Institute is a 4-day (June 5-8, 2017) intensive course designed to introduce basic issues in the theory and application of process theology. Broken down into three distinct parts with different course facilitators, the Process Theology Institute can be taken as a single 3 credit course, as individual 1 credit courses, or without credit directly from Process & Faith. Courses: Join us in Claremont or Online! Exploring Process Thought: Spiritual Terrorism, Spiritual Liberation Monica A. Coleman TPS 3014 9:00 am – 11:00 am Monday-Thursday This introduction to process theology will note classical theological precepts that create spiritual terrorism, beliefs that create more fear and suffering than grace and agency. This class investigates the process theological concepts that offer spiritual liberation in the midst of a changing world. Monica A. Coleman is Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions and Director of Process & Faith at Claremont School of Theology. Topics in Process Thought: Deep Religious Pluralism Wm. Andrew Schwartz TPS 3064 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Monday-Thursday The plurality of religions represents perhaps the great challenge and the greatest opportunity facing faith communities today. What does religious commitment look like in a pluralistic age, and how are we reconcile conflicting religious truth claims? This course will explore the foundations and implications of pluralistic theories of religion as found in process thought. Wm. Andrew Schwartz is Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Toward Ecological Civilization and Managing Editor of Process Studies journal. Process Theology & Biblical Interpretation Herbert Robinson Marbury TPS 3089 4:00pm – 6:00pm Monday-Thursday How does process theology inform the interpretation of selected texts and themes? This course examines biblical texts through the lens of major themes in process theology. Herbert Robinson Marbury is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Since 2012…
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Process Summer Institute 2018
EXPLORE PROCESS THEOLOGY WITH: Thomas Jay Oord in the course Exploring Process Theology among the Varieties of Open and Relational Theologies 9:00 am – 11:00 am, Monday – Friday Open and relational theologies come in many forms. Process theology is one of the best known. But many who embrace beliefs common to open and relational theologies distance themselves from the “process” label. Why is that? What is at stake? What do words like “open,” “relational,” and “process” mean? And where does “love” fit in? This course explores ways God can be thought to be in process, relational, and open. It draws from progressive & conservative voices, the Bible & science, common experience & miracles, and more. Along the way, opportunities for new open and relational beliefs will likely emerge, as we explore and generate novel views of God and existence. READ SYLLABUS Wm. Andrew Schwartz in the course Process Theology in the World’s Wisdom Traditions: Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Christianity 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Monday – Friday No doubt, Process Theology has been developed most fully within the framework of progressive Christian (liberal) theology. As Gary Dorrien notes, “Whiteheadian process theology became the leading liberal school in the second half of the twentieth century” (The Making of American Liberal Theology, 190). However, many of the core principles of Process Thought are also found within other major Wisdom Traditions. This course will examine how process thought intersects with, and takes shape through 5 of the world’s religions (Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Christianity); exploring ways in which Process notions of power, knowledge, freedom, ultimacy, love, etc. are being expressed in each tradition. The course will be supplemented by guest speakers representing each of these faith traditions. READ SYLLABUS Jay McDaniel, in the course Intimacy & Transcendence in the Thick of Life: Exploring Process Theology…
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Process Summer Institute 2019
EXPLORE PROCESS THEOLOGY WITH:
Catherine Keller in the course Political Theology of the Earth: Process Cosmology and Apocalyptic Hope;
Donna Bowman in the course Being Human: Becoming the Best Bag of Bones You Can Be;
Tripp Fuller in the course Christological Trajectories in Process
June 2020
2020 Process Theology Summer Institute
The 2020 Process Theology Intensive is 1-week concentration that includes three different adventures into process theology. The first segment is a crash course on the fundamentals of process theology. The second segment will focus on putting process theology to work in the world. The third segment will put process theology in conversation with cutting-edge scientific insights.
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2021 Process Theology Summer Institute
2021 Process Theology Summer Institute Has Been Postponed to Fall & Spring... Dates to Be Determined All Online Track 1 ~ Process & Proclamation: A Process-Relational Exploration of Preaching Presented by The Rev. Dr. Jeanyne Slettom with Jon Berquist Ron Farmer Ron Allen Mary Kay Sauter Track 2 ~ All That Is Within Me: Process Theology & Internal Family Systems as a Dual Path Toward Ministerial Wellbeing Presented by The Rev. David Grant Smith
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