John Cobb: the Greatest Living Theologian Turns 97

John Cobb, the greatest living theologian, returns to the podcast for a birthday pod. What an honor, treat, and thrill! I hope you all enjoy this one half as much as I did :)

Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr. taught theology at the Claremont School of Theology from 1958 to 1990. In 2014 he became the first theologian elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his interdisciplinary work in ecology, economics, and biology.

Books by Cobb that come up in the episode

• Salvation: Jesus's Mission and Ours

• Christ in a Pluralistic Age

• Process Theology

• Organic Marxism: An Alternative to Capitalism and Ecological Catastrophe

• A Christian Natural Theology, Second Edition: Based on the Thought of Alfred North Whitehead

• God and the World

• Jesus Abba: The God Who Has Not Failed

• Romans

• Is It Too Late?: A Theology of Ecology

• Theological Reminiscences

• Spiritual Bankruptcy: A Prophetic Call to Action

• Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy

• For The Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

 

Previous Visits from John Cobb

• John Cobb: Secularizing Christianity

• John Cobb: Christology and Process Theology

• JC on JC: a conversation with John Cobb and Tom Oord on Jesus #BarrelAged

• A SPECIAL INVITATION from John Cobb: Why Whitehead?

• John Cobb goes to #TheologyBeerCamp

• Tag-Team Preaching with John Cobb @TheLoft_LA

• LIVE from Vancouver with Sallie McFague and John Cobb

• How Modern Metaphysics Killed God with John Cobb #FANiac

• Have Yourself a John Cobb Advent! #FANiac

• #FANiac Alert… Why Metaphysics Matters with John Cobb

• Fully Human, Fully Divine, & All Process! Christology with John Cobb

• Prayer & Process with John Cobb

• Theology for the People: Keller, Cobb and God

 

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