“Apophatic Entanglement” and the Politics of Unknowing: Catherine Keller

Telos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (190) ◽  
pp. 193-195
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Wender
Keyword(s):  
Catherine Keller

scholarly journals Existential Chaos: A Critique of Catherine Keller’s Position Towards Creation and Divine Omnipotence

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Linthicum
Keyword(s):  
Divine Omnipotence ◽  
Creation Theology ◽  
Catherine Keller ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Creatio Ex Nihilo ◽  
Ex Nihilo

The two dominant concepts Catherine Keller examines in her study of creatio ex profundis, creation out of chaos, are the feminine tehomic language and refutation of divine omnipotence. She studies both these concepts through a feminist lens as well as with an overarching question as to why creatio ex nihilo, creation from nothing, has commandeered the thought behind Genesis exegesis and creation theology. Using various literary styles, both religious and secular, Keller attempts to deconstruct creation out of nothing and argue how a theology of becoming is more appropriate given the language of Genesis and creation as a whole. Rather than merely substitute the present masculine understandings of God and creation with the feminine, she persuades for a return to the foundation of tehomic language in an effort to reconstruct the negative feminine connotations of chaos and support a theology of becoming without a “divine dominology.” The purpose of this paper is to offer an examination of Keller’s text and counterarguments to her understanding of creatio ex nihilo and ex profundis. There are various examples of male dominant thought in theology throughout history; however, divine omnipotence, both in general and as associated with creation theology, is not an affront to the feminine and creatio ex profundis. Keller’s fault does not lie in the notion of creatio ex profundis and its validity; rather, her argument concerning the domineering power of divine omnipotence and its association with creatio ex nihilo remains insufficient.

Sleeper, Awake

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon V. Betcher
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Advaita Vedānta ◽  
Advaita Vedanta ◽  
Spiritual But Not Religious ◽  
Catherine Keller

Setting out from the question “How do we live as/for a time being?,” Sharon Betcher observes that for many Western persons in the milieu of the “spiritual, but not religious,” the Christian promise of salvation as immortality of soul—a ballast for the anxiety of our transient passage—has become nonfunctional. She consequently considers the question by thinking with a contemporary guru that is often of first, popular resort—Deepak Chopra. While appreciating the ways in which teachers such as Chopra refresh interest in spiritual practice, Betcher notes a tendency toward uncritical appropriation of their presumably “perennial wisdom.” Further, she suspects these paths reduce soteriology to individual matters of health, itself a bit of an imperial conceit. Consequently, she holds Chopra in conversation with Anantanand Rambachan’s elucidation of Advaita Vedanta and a Christian theopoetics of Spirit, epitomized in the work of process theologian Catherine Keller. Amidst global economic fragility and given the onset of the Anthropocene, the question of soteriology here revolves around spiritual resilience to live in the midst of the mundane.

Catherine Keller

2022 ◽  
pp. 224-229
Author(s):  
Catherine Keller
Keyword(s):  
Catherine Keller

scholarly journals A Process Theology of Hope: The Counter Apocalyptic Vision of Catherine Keller

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Macallan
Keyword(s):  
Process Theology ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
Majority World ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Relational Theology ◽  
Catherine Keller ◽  
The Future

Christianity continues to decline in the traditional west, yet is at the same time experiencing significant growth in the majority world. Research indicates that by 2060 the portion of those who identify as non-religious will decline significantly across the globe. Christianity in the future will largely be dominated by an apocalyptic eschatology that has the potential to disengage Christians from our current planetary crisis. Catherine Keller has developed a counter-apocalyptic vision that challenges traditional eschatology in its potential to disconnect faith from the planet’s most urgent challenges. Keller attacks a key facet of apocalyptic eschatology that enshrines an omnipotent deity. Her approach is evaluated within the broader process-relational theology from which she has emerged, particularly that influenced by Whitehead. It is argued that her eschatological alternative is best placed to offer a vision that enables Christians to take the earth seriously, to generate a chastened and realistic hope, grounded in a process relational ontology.

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