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The World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture organizes conferences, offers live virtual webinars, and holds online workshops featuring Ilia Delio and others at the cutting edge of the intersection between science and religion. Join us and our partner organizations as we integrate science with converging religious thought and unpack new stories about humanity and the cosmic whole.
Our programming is open to all faith traditions. We welcome anyone seeking theological innovation or spiritual renewal.
A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am…
A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am…
A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am…
A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am…
A Live Conversation with Ilia Delio and Cynthia Bourgeault We are living through a moment of profound fracture. Politics, war, the rise of AI, racism, colonialism, immigration, climate collapse — beneath every headline lies a deeper crisis: a fragmented consciousness struggling to comprehend itself in a rapidly changing world. What if these are not separate…
Join Sr. Ilia Delio on June 24, 7-8:30 PM (UK) for a webinar hosted by The Scientific & Medical Network. Are We Disconnected From the Core Energy of Love? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest and palaeontologist whose writings integrate evolutionary religion and evolution: work that was suppressed during his lifetime but…
A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am…
Pope Leo’s Magnifica humanitas: Who has the last word on AI? AI is here to stay and how we navigate our human future in an AI world is the most pressing question of our day. Please join us on July 30th for a panel discussion on Pope Leo’s recent encyclical which calls for constraints and ethical norms for…
We live in a world that rewards certainty, yet the deepest questions of life resist easy answers. The Bible itself bears witness to people who encounter God not through clarity and control but through mystery, paradox, and transformation. In this webinar, we will look into a fresh exploration of Scripture as a guide not to…
Ready to rethink reality? Against the old view of a mechanistic world, process philosophy teaches that reality is alive and evolving. In this immersive two-week survey course, we'll consider the history and development of process philosophy, beginning against the backdrop of ancient Greek metaphysics, medieval theology, and the modern conception of nature as a machine.…
Join Sr. Ilia Delio, Bayo Akomolafe, Cynthia Bourgeault and more September 16-20, 2026 in Nova Scotia, Canada at a retreat hosted by our partners at The Guild for Spiritual Guidance. We are living in a time that asks something profound of humanity. The climate is changing. Cultures are shifting. Long-held assumptions about progress, growth, and…
How do we build communities of healing in a world shaped by trauma and stress? Violence, war, displacement, and a global pandemic don't only wound individuals; they mark whole communities, and their effects ripple across generations. Meanwhile, research into the brain and nervous system continues to reshape what we know about how harm lodges in…
The humanity of Jesus relates to every human person, without exception due to race, religion, language, or creed. The heart of every human person—rich, poor, black, white, Jew, or Hindu—is entangled with the spirit of God’s love. Every person has a God center, every person is part of the Christ mystery, and every person can manifest the Christ.
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