Featured Author: Thomas Jay Oord

Dr. Thomas Jay Oord is scheduled to speak at Hope International University in the Voices of Christian Thought Series on March 7, 2016.

Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books and professor in the American northwest. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and theologies exploring the implications of freedom in society. (http://thomasjayoord.com/)

The Darling Library holds a few of his works including one with a chapter written by our own Dr. Curtis Holtzen, Professor of Philosophy and Theology:

• Oord, Thomas Jay. 2015. Theologies of Creation: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Its New Rivals. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 231.765 T391 2015
• Montgomery, Brint, Thomas Jay Oord, Karen Strand Winslow, et al. 2012. Relational Theology: A Contemporary Introduction. Point Loma Press series; Point Loma Press series. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock. 231 R382 2012 (Includes "Faith in Relations" by Wm. Curtis Holtzen)
• Oord, Thomas Jay. "Morals, love, and relations in evolutionary theory" IN Clayton, Philip and Jeffrey Schloss. 2007. Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. ISSR library, no. 61. Cambridge: International Society for Science and Religion. 171.7 E93

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