open and relational theologies group...

In November of 2003, at the annual American Academy of Religion meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, a group of diverse scholars came together to form the Open and Relational Theologies Unit of the AAR. The Center for Process Studies is a proud participant in this endeavor. The ORT unit is a diverse group, made up theologians from a wide array of backgrounds and affiliations, evangelical and liberal, including both openness and process theologies. Despite the diversity of origin, these scholars are united in their conviction that God is personal, loving, and relational, creatures are free, and the future is undetermined. If you would like more information about the goings-on of the ORT group, please contact Thomas Oord.

There is also a discussion forum specifically for the ORT group on our discussion board. Visit it here.

2007 Meeting What God Does, Chooses Not To Do, or Cannot Do Chair: Lynne Lorenzen R. Daren Erisman, "Reinterpreting God's power: Kenosis in light of the pre-Islamic virtue of hilm" Thomas Oord, "An Open and Relational Theory of Divine Power: Between Voluntary Divine Self-Limitation and Divine Limitation By Those External to God" Kathlyn A. Breazeale, "From Impassibility to Intimacy: Conceptions of God's Power and Christian Marriage" David Wilkinson, "Open Creation and New Creation" Anthony Baker, "Telos and Insurrection" Photos: Panelists; Thomas Oord; Kathlyn Breazeale; David Wilkinson & Craig Keen; Lynne Lorenzen, R. Daren Ersman, and Susie Stanley; John Sanders, Richard Rice, and Daryll Ward Radical Orthodoxy and Process Theology (Joint session with the Christian Systematic Theology Group) Chairs: Thomas Jay Oord & James K. Smith (Introduction) Graham Ward, "The Bride of Christ: Creation, Christology, Ecclesiology" Catherine Keller, "Reciprocating Gifts: Truth, Politics and Participation in Process" John Milbank, "Change and Participation" John Cobb, "Rethinking Tradition" Photos: Roland Faber & Catherine Keller; Radical Orthodoxy and Process Theology presenters

Previous Meetings

• 2006 Meeting
• 2005 Meeting
• 2004 Meeting
• 2003 Meeting

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