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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...

Social Justice without Cosmic Theology is Blind

By Ilia Delio | September 1, 2020

Religious disaffiliation has been on the rise since the late twentieth century. The term “spiritual but not religious” is now increasingly a way for primarily younger generations to define themselves.…

Understanding the Christic in an Open Universe

By Ilia Delio | August 15, 2020

Let me begin this essay with an anecdote. The other day I was listening to Catholic Mass online – there was nothing wrong with it but there was nothing right…

Christic Center

By Ilia Delio | August 4, 2020

Greetings and peace! In my last blog I indicated that a new name for the Omega Center was on the horizon. After reading your comments (thank you very much!) I…

An interview with Ilia Delio: Grounding God in Evolution

By Ilia Delio | July 30, 2020

An interview with Ilia Delio on the “Bible for Normal People” podcast: Grounding God in Evolution In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared talk…

Gratitude and Naming the Future

By Ilia Delio | July 28, 2020

Dear Friends of the Omega Center, First, I want to acknowledge those who responded to my last blog and, or, extended their prayers of support through an email or…

What Doors Can Open in a State of Concussion?

By Ilia Delio | July 13, 2020

Dear Friends of the Omega Center, Several weeks ago, right before our June ZOOM conference, I had a bike accident. The night of the accident (as I foolishly tried to…

Co-Creating a New America: Getting Beyond Racism by Remaking Religion

By Ilia Delio | June 29, 2020

Introduction The death of George Floyd has sparked public outrage at the heartless show of police brutality, causing the untimely death of an innocent man. Derek Chauvin, the white Minnesota…

Racism and the American Dream

By Ilia Delio | June 3, 2020

For the past three months we have been quarantined due to a deadly Coronavirus; last week, a new virus was disclosed, the persistent virus of racism. The death of George…

The Ineffable Bond of Love

By Ilia Delio | April 29, 2020

As I prepare to teach my final classes on Zoom this week, I am grateful for the development of computer technology and its ability to facilitate personal communication. Without the…