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What if the conflict between classical theism and panentheism is based on a misunderstanding of God itself? Sarah Coakley argues that classical Christian theology does not portray God as distant, static, or emotionally detached, but as infinitely active and more intimately present to creation than we are to ourselves.

0:00 Panentheism and the Search for God
1:25 Misunderstanding Classical Theism
2:27 God as Infinite Action
3:41 The Reaction Against Perfect Being Theology
5:05 Science, Miracles, and Panentheism
6:00 God Beyond the God of the Gaps
7:40 Why Panentheism and Classical Theism Converge

Sarah Anne Coakley FBA is an English Anglican priest, systematic theologian, and philosopher of religion with interdisciplinary interests.

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