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Why Christianity Is Uncomfortable

By Ilia Delio

In a recent conversation with a colleague, I was made aware that children born from 2023 onward will be AI children. They will never have known a world without being embedded in networks of artificial intelligence. They are the vanguard of what is now called “Generation AI.” Because they are entering a digitized world, they are already primed to think differently about everything, including personal identity, religion, and spirituality. Posthumanism is a term used to describe the new hyperpersonal person who lives in the ongoing fluid spaces of information. Posthuman identity is interstitial and persistently creative. Online presence and biological existence form a seamless flow of information. My own experience of posthumans has been teaching undergraduates born between 2004 and...

“Become Conscious of Wholeness” by Edwin E. Olson

By Center for Christogenesis | January 7, 2022

Become Conscious of Wholeness: Humanity’s Only Future by Edwin E. Olson (Author), Ilia Delio (Contributor) How can we transcend our tribal, philosophical, and religious differences? Is it possible to develop…

Epiphany: What Do We See?

By Ilia Delio | January 6, 2022

The name Epiphany comes from the Greek, epiphaneia, and means “appearance” or “manifestation.” The birth of Jesus is a theophany; God has appeared in the flesh, in the person of…

New Year’s Blog: Love, Hope and Future Life

By Ilia Delio | December 31, 2021

What a year this has been! A raging virus which continues to mutate, a volatile economy, the rise of the metaverse, the tornados of Kentucky, the wildfires of California, one…

Christmas: God Dawning in the Tenderness of the Flesh of the World.

By Br. Ivan Nicoletto | December 29, 2021

CHRISTMAS 2021 Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 Christmas ecstasy of senses. God, dawning in the flesh, shattering the illusion of sovereignty, weakening our pretension of separation, slipping through the…

“Convergence”: C4C New Bi-Annual Publication

By Center for Christogenesis | December 22, 2021

Convergence is a new teaching/educational publication which aims to deepen the understanding of the C4C’s vision at both the theological, sacramental/practical, and communal levels. There will be sections on theology,…

Christophany Groups: Pennsylvania

By Center for Christogenesis | December 15, 2021

Our local Philly area Christophany group has been meeting since the spring of 2020. Early in 2021, we decided to meet on a monthly basis (we had been meeting twice…

Community Sharing – The Omega Tree

By Center for Christogenesis | December 14, 2021

“Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite.”…

A Short Christmas Reflection

By Ilia Delio | December 14, 2021

Image credit: “Establishment of the Manger at Greccio”, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452 + We moderns love Christmas with all the lights, gifts and good cheer of friends and family. It has…

Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio

By Center for Christogenesis | December 2, 2021

Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio by Sister Carla Mae Streeter1 Articles on transhumanism abound in recent literature. Perspectives vary, from the naturalistic view that genetic manipulation…