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Events

Join in awakening the spirit of the world.

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.

  • Science and Religion in a Participatory Cosmos

    Online

    Join us Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with philosopher and process thinker Matthew David Segall. This talk explores the evolving relationship between natural science and theology through the lens of process philosophy, arguing that both disciplines—often seen as conflicting ways of knowing and worldviews—can be reframed and…

    $30
  • Sacred Universe Award 2025

    Online

    This is a partner event with The Well Spirituality Center featuring 2022 Center for Christogenesis award winner Louis Savary, Hunger for Wholeness guest Brian Swimme, and Sr. Gail Worcelo. The…

    $100
  • “The Primacy of Love” Lent Retreat with Ilia Delio

    First Congregational Church Los Angeles 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This is a two-day in-person and online retreat series with Ilia Delio for our partner the Immaculate Heart Community. Join the Immaculate Heart Community as Ilia Delio leads reflections on…

    $40
  • Process Mysticism with Dan Dombrowski

    Online

    Join us Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Professor of Philosophy Dan Dombrowski. The term “mysticism” can mean at least two different things. The term can refer to direct experience of God or it can refer to the thesis that reality is ineffable and can be characterized…

    $30
  • Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science

    Online

    The Center for Christogenesis will hold its annual conference virtually starting Friday, May 2, 2025, and continuing through the weekend. Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From Institution to…

    $175
  • Does God Need Us?

    Dominican University, Lund Auditorium 7900 W Division St, River Forest, IL, United States

    The St. Catherine of Siena Lecture will be given online and in-person by Ilia Delio for our partner The Well Spirituality Center, co-sponsored by The Siena Center of Dominican University.…

    $10
  • The Art of Becoming Fearless

    Online

    Join us Thursday, August 28, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with our Executive Director, Robert Nicastro, PhD. In a world facing ecological collapse, technology unmoored…

    $30
  • The Story of the Noosphere

    Online

    Join us Wednesday, October 22, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Brian Swimme and Monica DeRaspe-Bolles, authors of award-winning The Story of the Noosphere. The…

    $30
  • The Christian Mutation: Why God Cannot be Static

    Online

    Join us Thursday, December 4, at 5 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Ilia Delio. Our communities are hemorrhaging. Racism persists. Gun violence claims the innocent. Immigrants…

    $30
  • Activating Cosmogenetic Experience with Brian Thomas Swimme

    Online

    This is the start of an eleven-week course throughout with our friend Brian Swimme and organized by Deeptime Network. Please learn more, contact with questions or register at the event page on our partner's website. A New Structure of Experience is arising Our course is based on the premise that a new structure of experience…

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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.

(from The Hours of the Universe by Ilia Delio)

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