Meeting Recordings - 2024
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December
12/3

Relational Abrahamic Faiths
David Rosen, Special Interfaith Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi

Osman Örs, Imam at the House of One Foundation in Berlin

Sheri D. Kling, Director of Process & Faith
November
11/27

Yijing and Process Cosmology
Tze-Ki Hon, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Beijing Normal University
11/19

Cultivating Beloved Communities in Divided Times
Rolla Lewis, Professor Emeritus in Educational Psychology at California State University, East Bay

Mary Elizabeth Moore, Cobb Institute Board Chair
11/12

Certificate Program Commencement
11/05

Metamodern Spirituality & Archaic Futurism
Layman Pascal, Facilitator of the Metamodern Spirituality Labs
October
10/29

A Complexity Lens For Issues of Meaning and Value
Brendan Graham Dempsey, Director of Sky Meadow Institute
10/22

For the Love of Life: Finding Our Way to an Ecological Civilization
David Korten, Founder and President of the Living Economies Forum and a full member of the Club of Rome
10/15

Divestment from Fossil Fuels as Climate Change Strategy
Sharon Delgado, Convener of Fossil Free UMC and retired United Methodist Pastor
10/8

Understanding Religious Trauma
Jeremy Schumacher, Marriage & Family Therapist at Wellness with Jer
10/1

How International Law Supports Citizens Seeking Global Solutions
Rebecca Shoot, Executive Director of Citizens for Global Solutions Education Fund
September
9/24

What I Learned When Defrocked and Excommunicated for Being Queer Affirming
Thomas Jay Oord, Director of the Center for Open & Relational Theology
9/17

Moral and Ethical Imperative: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Audrey E. Kitagawa, President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation
9/10

The Tyrant Fears the Poet
Paul Kittlaus, Artist and Board member of Progressive Christians Uniting, Southern California Ecumenical Council, and Pilgrim Pines Camp
9/03

Leadership & Process Thought
Leslie King, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Waco, Cobb Institute Board Member, and Chair of the Cobb Institute Education Council
August
8/27

From Claremont to China: A Case Study of Process Summer Academies in China
Zhihe Wang, Meijun Fan, and Friends
8/20

Pursuing Peace, Security, and Nuclear Disarmament Through Our Common Humanity
Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament
8/13

Akashic Follies: A Fool's Journey into Mysticism
Thomas Atwood, Co-Founder of Fools Mission and Aspiring Playwright
8/6

Process and Neoplatonic Theologies: Panentheism, Theodicy, and Ecology
Jared Morningstar, Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies
July
7/30

Living Earth Movement: A Progress Report
Charles Betterton, Executive Director of the Living Earth Movement
7/23

Teilhard, Technology and Technolatry: The Internet is Not the Noosphere
Ernie Tamminga, Member of the Board of the American Teilhard Association
7/16

A Conversation about Moral Injury
Nancy J. Ramsay, Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School
7/9

The Legacy of James M. Lawson, Jr.
JUNE
6/25

Life after Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
Brian McLaren, Author, Speaker, Activist, and Public Theologian
6/18

Truth Under Attack: Talking Past Each Other in a Polarized Society
Lynn De Jonghe, Researcher, author, and former administrator in several academic institutions
6/11

AI Today Means Machine Learning
George Strawn, Former director of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program and co-chair of the NITRD interagency committee
6/4

Learning from Living Systems: Biomimicry and the Principles of Ecological Civilization
Andrew Schwartz, Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies, and Co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization
MAY
5/28

A Path Towards Sustainability and Biodiversity in Metropolitan Los Angeles
Mark VanderSchaaf, Retired Urban and Regional Planner in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area
5/21

Building the Beloved Community
Richard Rose, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of La Verne
5/14

A Conversation on Zionism and Anti-Zionism in a Time of Political Turmoil
Sandra Lubarsky, President of Flagstaff College
Emily Schneider, Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University
Sean Parson, Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs and the Program in Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University
Nahum Ward-Lev, Founder and Leader of Beit Midrash of Santa Fe
5/7

I Sing the Body Electric: A Process Relational Critique of Compartmentalized Medicine
Kat Reeves, Community Relations Specialist for the Cobb Institute and Chaplain at Pilgrim Place
April
4/30

Putting Our Emotions on the Couch
Thandeka, Unitarian Universalist Minister and President of Love Beyond Belief
4/23

God After Deconstruction
Thomas J. Oord, Director of the Center for Open & Relational Theology
Tripp Fuller, Host of Homebrewed Christianity podcast
4/16

Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God
Jeff Wells, Lead Pastor of Church of the Village (Greenwich Village in New York City)
Vikki Randall, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (Altadena, California)
Nichole Torbitzky, Associate Professor of Religion at Lindenwood University
4/9

Local Futures and the Economics of Happiness
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Founder and Director of Local Futures
4/2

Astrotheology Now and Then
Ted Peters, Lutheran Pastor and Co-editor the Journal of Science and Theology

Andrew Davis, Program Director for the Center for Process Studies
March
3/26

Perceptions & Occasions
The Raven Poets: Richard Bunce, Lynn De Jonghe, Ellen Livingston, Richard Luftig, Veronica Michalowski, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Kathleen Reeves, Ernie Tamminga, and Georgette Unis
3/19

Cooking & Eating with Love
Thomas Hermans-Webster, Editor, Theologian, and Educator
3/12

Pando’s Civic Engagement Incubator for Sustainability
Eugene Shirley, Founder and President of Pando Populus
3/5

Indigo: The Color of Grief
Jonathan Foster, First PhD in Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary
February
2/27

The World’s First Computer of Genius
Evaggelos Vallianatos, Science Historian and Environmental Strategist
2/20

Tule Elk Park: A Cautionary Tale
Lynne Juarez, Founder of the Tule Elk Park Project
2/13

Celebrating John Cobb’s 99th/100th Birthday
This recording is available publicly on our YouTube channel.
2/6

Thinking Outside All the Boxes: AI Applications and Ethical Challenges
Wesley J. Wildman, Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics, and of Computing and Data Sciences at Boston University
January
1/30

Love & Terror: Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in Biblical Narratives
Lília Dias Marianno, Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
1/23

The Process Vision for Constructive Dialogue with China on Ecological Civilization: Concrete Steps
Philip Clayton, President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization
