{"id":31480,"date":"2025-03-25T13:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=31480"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:30:15","slug":"tom-oord-how-to-believe-in-god-and-love-after-tragedy-and-abuse","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/tom-oord-how-to-believe-in-god-and-love-after-tragedy-and-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Oord: How to Believe in God and Love After Tragedy and Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Tom Oord about open and relational theology and how it can help us trust God after tragedy, abuse, and evil. We talked about the ideas and implications of his book <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781948609128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>God Can&#8217;t: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is a best-selling and award-winning author, having written or edited more than thirty books.\u00a0<em>Academic Influence<\/em>\u00a0ranks him among the most influential theologians in the 21st century. Oord directs doctoral programs at Northwind Theological Seminary and directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He is known for his research and writing on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, evil and power, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a> to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast?<\/strong> Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Tom Oord about open and relational theology and how it can help us trust God after tragedy, abuse, and evil. 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