Why “Supernatural Theism” Won’t Die (and Why It Must) | Jack Caputo - Second Saturday 12/13/2025

Описание: What if “supernatural” is the wrong category—and religion’s real power is poetic, not paranormal? In this Second Saturday Conversation, philosopher Jack Caputo challenges the idea of a God “up there” and invites us into a deeper vision of faith grounded in imagination, story, and symbol.

Drawing on thinkers like Paul Tillich and Marcus Borg, Caputo reframes Christianity as theopoetics: not a system of doctrines, but a way of life shaped by the call of unconditional compassion and justice. Faith, he argues, is not about believing the right things—it’s about responding to what truly matters.

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Chapters
00:00 Why Supernatural Theism Must Go
02:37 The End of the Supernatural God
05:19 Introducing Jack Caputo
09:28 Why Religion Must Be Saved From Itself
13:10 The Imagination as Religion’s True Source
17:10 Religion and the Limits of Human Experience
21:19 Entering the Theopoetic Space
24:46 God as Symbol and the Unconditional
29:26 Theology Without Supernaturalism
34:32 How Supernaturalism Was Invented
38:39 Science vs Religion Was a Mistake
44:18 God as the Depth of Being
49:26 The Mystical Sense of Life
53:27 Beyond Theism: Toward a Post-Supernatural Faith


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About The Marcus J Borg Foundation:
Marcus J. Borg was an author of great import that explored historical and biblical topics and applied them to modern Christianity. To clarify some of his thoughts, here is a list of progressive Christian values.