Non-Contrastive Transcendence and the Creative Agency of God

What does it mean to perceive divine activity in the created world? One of the central commitments Christian systematic theologians have invoked in answering that question is also among the most significant theological re-discoveries of the last half-century: non-contrastive transcendence, powerfully articulated by Kathryn Tanner as an implication of _creatio ex nihilo_ 35 years ago in her book _God and Creation in Christian Theology_. This roundtable will reconsider the concept of non-contrastive transcendence in light of the work it does in theology today, to evaluate, build on, and reimagine how it helps us think about divine and human activity. It asks: How does the concept of non-contrastive transcendence show up in theology today, particularly in discussions of divine and human creativity? What are the gifts, difficulties, and potential obfuscations in the work it is doing? And what might be some alternatives, complements, or repairs to non-contrastive transcendence?