Intro to Process Theology - Prayer
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This document provides an introduction to process theology. It discusses key concepts like God's power being persuasive love-power rather than omnipotent power, and the world and God having a shared and interdependent power. It also covers topics like the nature of prayer as changing both the individual and God, and opening ourselves to God's creative energy. Prayer is a partnership between the individual and God rather than a way to manipulate God. Process theology sees the universe as creative, interconnected, and open to future change with God as a relational presence in all of existence.
Intro to Process Theology - Prayer
- 1. Intro to Process Theology
- 2. Intro to Process Theology Science and Religion Evil and Suffering Jesus and Creative Transformation Prayer (and Pluralism)
- 4. Do you pray? Why do you pray? How do you expect God to respond to your prayers?
- 5. God's Power in Process Theology Omnipotent Omnipresent Almighty Persuasive All-powerful Love-power God World
- 6. Shared Power in Process Theology Power of being Omnipresent Power to affect Persuasive Power to choose Love-power Power to love God World Interdependence
- 7. Supernaturalism Why didn't God answer my God prayer? God answers prayers the way God wants to, World but it may not be what you want.
- 9. Prayer is... Prayers is the act of bringing our moment-by- moment connectedness to God into our consciousness Prayer is opening ourselves to God's own creative energy and offering back to God the gift of ourselves Prayer is joining with God in willing the well- being of ourselves, friends, enemies...the whole world
- 10. Prayer in Process Prayer changes us, the world, and God. God works with the world as it is in order to bring it to where it can be. The real prayer is the one who prays.
- 11. "Prayer is a partnership with God, not a manipulation of God." -MS "Prayer is prompted by God and released to God." -MS
- 12. Mortality and healing Prayer cannot eliminate our mortality. Not-yet-irreversible Irreversible Vs. illness illness Healing is always possible.
- 13. Pray
- 14. You?
- 15. Process theology sees the universe as creative, interrelational, dynamic, and open to the future. In process theology, God is relational, present in every moment of our lives and in all entities and levels of being. The world is interconnected, in effect a giant ecosystem where what harms or blesses one, harms or blesses all.