Podcast appearances and mentions of Josephine C Connelly

Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Christian Theology at Villanova University. Her area of research is Science and Religion with interests in artificial intelligence, evolution, quantum physics, and the import of these for Christian doctrine and life. She holds a doctorate in Pharmacology from Rutgers University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and a doctorate in Historical Theology from Fordham University. She is the author of over twenty books including Making All things New (Catholicity in an Evolving Universe), a finalist for the 2019 Michael Ramsey Prize and The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love, for which she won the 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award and a 2014 Catholic Press Association Book Award in Faith and Science. Her latest book is Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion. She is the founder of the Center for Christogenesis, an online educational resource for promoting the vision of Teilhard de Chardin and, more broadly, the integration of science and religion in the 21st century. Some of the main points discussed in this conversation. What is God? As we enter the mystery of God, language fails us, and the mystery grasps us all the more. The mystery of God is the same mystery at the heart of physics. There's nothing outside the existence of God. God is existence itself. God's love is so infinite that there is nothing in this creation that's un-loveable or unloved by God. This is a finite creation. Wherever there are boundaries there is the possibility of suffering.  Suffering and death are part of the life cycle. Reincarnation discussion. Are multiple incarnations sequential or simultaneous? A deep experience of the mystery of God supports the freedom to speculate, dream, and imagine. Science and religion need one another in order to fully understand the world. The necessity and drawbacks of specialization and the complexification of knowledge. If our hearts are grounded in holy mystery we become more fully God-like in our actions. Humanity won't have a sustainable future unless we renew the deeper dimension in our lives. Cyborgs and transhumanism The mutually beneficial relationship between spiritual and material technologies. A profound spiritual transformation is underway. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's idea of a new religion of the earth, retaining the wisdom of the past but creating something new for the future. Wherever in the universe intelligent life exists, it will search for ultimate intelligence. Intelligent design The core energy of the universe – God - is love. The force that creates stars is the same force that manifests as love in humans. Love is the highest knowledge. In the evening of life, we shall be judged on love alone. Making love the lens through which we see all of life. “The more I am in union with another, the more I am in touch with myself because it's the core of myself that's in union.” What might the world be like if everyone were enlightened? Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Interview recorded June 26, 2021. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Private conversations made public for you to explore ideas with us. Ilia and I discuss the pioneering work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, life and death, the power of love and being 'pilgrims from the future'.  Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova Universe. She is the author of twenty-two books and numerous articles. Prior to Villanova she taught at Georgetown University where she was the Haub Director of Catholic Studies and Washington Theological Union. She lectures nationally and internationally on various topics in Science and Religion, including religion and evolution, consciousness and complexity, integral ecology and artificial intelligence. Tim Freke is a philosopher and author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year'. He is one of ‘The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ on the 2020 list in Watkins Magazine (# 50). He is the founder of ‘Unividualism’, which combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life. He leads experiential Deep Awakening retreats internationally. https://timfreke.com

In her lecture “The Techno Human: Better World or Deeper Problems?,” Ilia Delio, OSF, Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Theology at VIllanova University, considers the issues of digital dualism that arise with emerging Artificial Intelligence. The Fuller Missiology Lectures is an annual conference held by the School of Intercultural Studies. The 2019 lectures “Techno-Sapiens in a Networked Era: Becoming Digital Neighbors” explored how digital technology shapes human interaction, virtue formation, and engagement with the cultural and religious other. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Sister Ilia Delio PhD. OSF, a Franciscan Sister (Order of St Francis of Washington, DC) who holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. Ira Pastor Comments: On previous shows, as we've spent time discussing the bio-architecture of life, we have spent time at various levels of this unique hierarchy, from the very, very small (as we've delved into topics like quantum biology), to the very large (as we discussed themes like chronobiology), and a lot of domains in between: the genome, micro-biome, systems biology, etc. Today, however, we are going to further and deeper than we've ever been before. Sister Ilia Delio, PhD Dr. / Sister Ilia Delio PhD. OSF, is a Franciscan Sister (Order of St Francis of Washington, DC) and holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. A native of Newark, NJ, she earned a B.S. in Biology from DeSales University, a masters degree in Biology at Seton Hall, and a doctorate in pharmacology from Rutgers University-School of Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences (with specialization in neuro-toxicology, with an emphasis on neuromuscular disease) and she wrote her dissertation on axonal dysfunction in an experimental model of Lou Gehrig's (ALS) disease. She then moved, during her post-doc period, to obtain a doctorate in historical theology from Fordham University, NY. Following graduation from Fordham, she taught in Science and Religion at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. For the next twelve years, she was Professor and Chair of Spirituality Studies at Washington Theological Union, where she taught courses in the History of Christianity, Franciscan theology, and Science and Religion. She then became a Senior Research Fellow at Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University concentrating in Science and Religion. She is the recipient of a Templeton Course in Science and Religion awardand the author of seventeen books, including The Unbearable Wholeness of Being,which won the 2014 Silver Nautilus Award and a Catholic Press Association Book Award. Other books include Care for Creation, The Emergent Christ, and Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness,nominated for the 2018 Grawemeyer award. She lectures nationally and internationally on topics including evolution, artificial intelligence, consciousness, culture and religion. The Intersection of Science and Religion Dr. Delio's work at the intersection of Science and Religion is heavily influenced by the teachings of Jesuit scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who devoted his spiritual writing to bridging Christianity and evolution. Like Dr. de Chardin, she sees the essential need to integrate Science and Religion toward a new way of thinking. Her research interests focus on exploring divine action in a world of evolution, complexity, emergence, quantum reality and artificial intelligence. She continues to lecture and write on religion and evolution, catholicity, cosmology and culture, artificial intelligence and human becoming. She's also the head of the Omega Center, whose mission is to deepen Teilhard de Chardin's integration of science and spirituality. On this episodes of ideaXme, we will hear from Dr. / Sister Delio: About her background, how she developed an interest in science, biology, pharmacology, theology, and how she finds herself in 2019 at the intersection of science and religion studies. An overview of Dr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's ideas. An overview of her concept of "Relational Wholeness" and  "Relational Universe." The importance of humans re-connecting with nature and the divine. Her views and ideas about Transhumanism. Her views on the topic of Entheogens (i.e. chemical substances, typically of plant origin, that are ingested to produce a non-ordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes.) Her views on the limits of science and "Playing God" in the laboratory. Her views on evil. Credits: Ira Pastor interview video, text, and audio. Follow Ira Pastor on Twitter:@IraSamuelPastor If you liked this interview, be sure to check out ourinterview In Search of the Holy Grail for Arthritis! Follow ideaXme on Twitter:@ideaxm On Instagram:@ideaxme Find ideaXme across the internet including oniTunes,SoundCloud,Radio Public,TuneIn Radio,I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. ideaXme is a global podcast, creator series and mentor programme. Our mission: Move the human story forward!™ ideaXme Ltd.

Matthew Memmott, BYU, on Three Mile Island closing. Nicole Hause from the National Skateboarding Team on women in skateboarding. Ilia Delio, Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, and Josephine C. Connelly of Villanova University on artificial intelligence's role in religion. Bob Mankoff, cartoonist, on Jewish humor. Nick Fitz, CEO of Momentum, on phone addiction. Tim Rademacher, Harvard University, on a tree’s witness of climate change.

Ilia Delio, OSF, is the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University, a wide read author, popular speaker, and down right passionate communicator at the intersection of religion, science, and our evolving universe. I had a complete blast talking to her and we covered a bunch of different facets of her work… Read more about the Entangled God of My Heart with Ilia Delio #CosmicCampfire

Concept of the Divine Series A Hunger for Wholeness Ilia Delio in conversation with Bill Kerley Ilia Delio, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, who bridges the spheres of science and religion shared her personal concept of the Divine and how that has changed over time, as she moved from a scientist in academia to a nun within the Catholic Church. She discussed how her spiritual belief system has informed her own evolution and contributions to her community. Following her lecture, Delio engaged in a rich conversation with Houston counselor and spiritual teacher Bill Kerley, as they delve into Delio’s most recent insights on the spiritual evolution of human beings in the age of technology from her forthcoming book A Hunger for Wholeness: Soul, Space, and Transcendence. This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Program Participants: Ilia Delio, OSF is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with interests in evolution, physics and neuroscience and the import of these for theology. Ilia currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University, and is the author of seventeen books including Care for Creation (coauthored with Keith Warner and Pamela Woods) which won two Catholic Press Book Awards in 2009, first place for social concerns and second place in spirituality. Her book The Emergent Christ won a third place Catholic Press Book Award in 2011 for the area of Science and Religion. Her recent books include The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution and the Power of Love (Orbis, 2013), which received the 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award and a third place Catholic Press Association Award for Faith and Science. Bill Kerley is a psychological and spiritual teacher using Jungian insights to help achieve personal and relational growth. In addition to his private practice as a counselor and spiritual director, Kerley has been an instructor at Baylor College of Medicine where he taught "at risk" heart patients the beliefs and behaviors necessary to enhance and prolong their lives. Kerley is past president of both the Houston Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and the National Speakers Association, Houston Chapter. A great deal of his energy goes into writing and giving “life talks” designed to contribute to individual psychological and spiritual growth. He does this at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church where he has been on the staff for many years.

Evolution and the Primacy of Love ANNUAL EVELYN UNDERHILL LECTURE IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY July 16, 2016Presenter: Ilia Delio, O.S.F.  According to Teilhard de Chardin, evolution ushered in a new understanding of reality based on love-energy.  This year's annual lecture explores Teilhard's philosophy of love and the import of conscious love for the direction of human evolution. Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry Ilia Delio, O.S.F., is the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair of Christian Theology at Villanova University. Presentation Transcript