Session ID: AO23-304
Classic religious traditions grapple with the reality of human suffering. Those who live outside or in between religious traditions also attempt to give meaning to suffering. This session includes three presentations that articulate how epistemological and existential challenges are addressed by those pursuing a “theology without walls” in which the confessional boundaries of religions are valuable but neither exclusive nor normative for individuals.
Ryan G. McLaughlin
The Hierophant (Reversed): Religious Trauma and the Shamanic Vocation to a Theology Between Worlds
Walter Stepaneko
Partialism as Strict Transreligious Theology
Jerry Martin
A Radically Personal Vision for Theology Without Walls
Session ID: AO25-204
Hosted by: Theology Without Walls
Are people capable of transcending human limitations and of being “saved”? What does salvation even mean? Participants in this session employ apophatic theology and ontological scrutiny to argue that a responsible theological pluralism respects different understandings of selfhood and acknowledges the limited human understanding of ultimacy amidst clashing religious and political worldviews.
Paul Draper
Is Salvation from Both Sin and Death Even Possible?
Hans le Grand
The Thinkable and the Awful: Philosophical Groundwork for a Polarized Society
Abdulla Galadari
“Not One Stone Will Be Left upon Another; All Will Be Thrown Down”: Demolishing Confessional Walls