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A Letter From Ilia Delio

The Center for Christogenesis is a living testimony to evolution, a developmental process whereby lifeseeks more life. As the late John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote: “To live is to change, and to be perfectis to change often.” As we work toward building the World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture, itmay seem that we are leaving behind Teilhard’s vision of Christogenesis. Nothing could be further fromthe truth. Christogenesis refers to the emerging body of the cosmic Christ, a symbol of what life has thepotential to become. The realization of a christified world depends on how we think, what we do and howwe love. Philosophy and spirituality are intertwined, and without philosophy, theology lacks a basis forfaith seeking understanding. Spirituality, philosophy...
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On Killing Mice And Loving Robots: Are We Committing A Great Injustice?

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The Depth Of Love In A Shallow Culture

In an illuminative book written over twenty years ago called Following Christ in a Consumer Culture the late Jesuit philosopher John Kavanaugh examined the flattening out of the human person…

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October Interview: Love In The Midst Of Suffering

An interview with ILIA DELIO For this bonus fifth Monday in October we’re offering something a little different in the form of an audio recording. In this interview Brie Stoner dialogues…

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My Personal Reflection On Seeking New Truths

Being asked to discuss the question: What does it mean to say ‘God is Love’ in a world of violence and suffering? made me realize that this is actually a…

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God Of Love In A Quantum Cosmology

When confronted with the question and apparent contradiction of “A God of love in a world of suffering and violence,” we need to step back and examine the context by…

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The Emergence Of Divine Love Through Human Suffering

In the 1970s it was common to critically compare the thought of Teilhard de Chardin with Sri Aurobindo (nĂ©e Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950).1 I discovered Sri Aurobindo and his spiritual partner…

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What Is God?

I find myself these days frantically holding together the multiple pieces of life, from teaching to traveling and outside lecturing, from the Omega Center to community and the many emails…

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The Second Axial Emergence

The religious landscape is shifting—no one will argue with that. People are leaving traditional religious frameworks in droves, while the number of those identifying as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR)…

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Four Ways Of Understanding Love In A Fractured World

How we perceive and make meaning about reality determines how we think about how love can heal a fractured universe. If we have only one way of knowing about love…

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