What a treat! Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is back on the podcast! He is an emeritus professor of theology at Xavier University and one of my favorite philosophical theologians. I even wrote a chapter about him in my last book.
In the conversation we discuss…
how he found the work of Whitehead in his journey as a Jesuit scholar
the problems with Whitehead according to Bracken… Societies and the need for a stronger communitarian picture of life
What is the problem of the One & Many and the process approach
how does Bracken envision a Trinitarian God-World relationship
Bracken’s reflection on Pope Francis and how it resonates with a Process-Relational framework
the changing relationship between religion and science over church history
the predicament of scientism
how to think ethically about our planetary crisis
Tripp discusses the 3 things he would add to the Christian canon
the need for a new worldview beyond the conflict of religion and science
Bracken’s the Church as Dynamic Life-System
how Bracken uses the Trinity to think through a for of deep religious pluralism
Bracken’s new book – Reciprocal Causality in an Event-Filled World
a Process vision of the Cosmic Christ
Bracken’s Spirit Christology and field theory
the problem of evil and suffering
what Bracken has learned about the relationship between faith and doubt
Tripp tells Joe how much he loves him.
an amazing intro to God by Bracken – God: Three Who Are One
Previous Conversations with Bracken A Process Spirit Christology with Joseph Bracken
Emergence, Panenthesim, Science & Process Theology
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