Summary: This conversation between Rabbi Shai Held and Professor Thomas Oord, moderated by Rabbi Avi Killip, is the second of four lectures in our Fall 2016 Series, "Faith and Doubt in the Modern World." This discussion was recorded live on November 10, 2016. Prof. Thomas Oord is widely regarded as the leading "theologian of love" at work today. A prolific author, he has written extensively on the nature of love and its place in theology; on "open theism," an approach to theology that places great emphasis on the capacity of human freedom to shape the world; and on the relationship between theology and science. A professor at Northwest Nazarene University, he is the author of many books, including Defining Love: A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement, The Nature of Love: A Theology, and The Uncontrolling Love of God: an Open and Relational Account of Providence.
