Christianity in Process - Part 2 - John Cobb

Introduction - Christianity in Process: Joining God in World Solidarity

Part 1 - The Authority of Scripture - John Cobb

• Part 1a - Authority, Atonement, Abortion, and a Big Hug - Thomas Jay Oord

• Part 1b - The New Evangelicals - Tim Whitaker

Part 2 - God's Incarnation in Jesus - John Cobb

• Part 2a - Theology in Process - Catherine Keller

• Part 2b - Panentheism, Pluralism, & Ecological Civilization - Andrew Schwartz

Part 3 - Divine Relationality - John Cobb

• Part 3a - Flowing with the Living God - Donna Bowman

• Part 3b - The Becoming of a Lutheran Queer Eco-Process Theologian from North Dakota - Jacob Erickson

Part 4 - The Human Experience of God: Law & Grace - John Cobb

• Part 4a - Aesthetic Religion - Jon Gil

• Part 4b - The Mighty Thor & God the Butcher - Ryan Does

Part 5 - The Kingdom of God - John Cobb

• Part 5a - Theology in an Event-Filled World - Joseph Bracken

• Part 5b - Process Theology Q&A - Thomas Jay Oord

Part 6 - Life After Death - John Cobb

• Part 6a - Everyday Mysticism & the Wisdom of Brother Lawrence with Carmen Butcher & Mike Morrel

•  Part 6b - Confronting Whiteness - Ben Boswell

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God's Incarnation in Jesus with John Cobb

June 15, 2022 - by John Cobb [1:19 hrs]

Podcast 2

Christianity in Process

[podcast may have a slight initial delay]

God is present in every event. Quite literally, God is “incarnate” in everything; so the proclaiming that God was incarnate in Jesus is not especially exciting. We may do better to think of God’s incarnation as a special mode of presence because we do find God in Jesus in a way that we do not find God present in a tree. Whitehead locates God’s presence, especially in God’s calling. We humans, in every moment experience, along with much else a pull in a particular direction. This is the initial aim of each momentary occasion.  That is present in every momentary event. But the aim that emerges from the initial aim and a hundred other influences is called the subjective, which is what that occasion actually aims to be and along with all the other causes determines what it actually becomes. You can see that the presence of God may be largely smothered in the outcome. But occasions can choose the initial aim above all else. God then becomes determinative of what happens. We can use the term “incarnation” to refer to that situation. God’s presence is visible in the actual outcome. Finding people in whom in general we are confident that much of the time we see in their behavior the effective working of the divine presence may call forth the idea of God being truly incarnate in that person.

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CLASS NOTES BY STEVE THOMASON

Christianity in Process with John Cobb

and Tripp Fuller Session 2 Notes

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by Steve Thomason | Jun 16, 2022 | Theology

I am currently participating in the class Christianity in Process with John Cobb and Tripp Fuller. Here are my notes from their second session. They discuss the incarnation of God in Jesus from a Process Theology perspective. Enjoy!

COMPOSITE ILLUSTRATIONS  1-3

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ILLUSTRATION 1

ILLUSTRATION 2

ILLUSTRATION 3