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Technology is an integral part our world. But how does inter-human
technology affect our ability to be present to one another, to God,
to ourselves, and to the world around us? Modern technologies are
reshaping human relationships. While they offer new possibilities
for presence across time and space, they also function as either a
substitute for human relationships or as a filter that mediates
relationships between ourselves and others. In our technologically
saturated world, it is vital that we become aware of how these
technologies alter our perceptions, our actions, and our
relationships. Religious and Cultural Implications of
Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post Pandemic World offers a
variety of positions on how technology is influencing religious
communal and cultural life. There is no doubt that our interaction
with technology will shape the human community up ahead. These
essays provide a basis for thoughtful choice and action.
This collection of essays explores convergences and divergences
between process thought and Roman Catholicism with the goal of
identifying reasons for why process philosophy and theology has not
had the same impact in Roman Catholic circles as in Protestantism,
and of constructively navigating avenues of promising engagement
between Process thought and Roman Catholicism. In creatively
considering the Roman Catholic tradition from the vantage point of
Process thought, different theoretical perspectives are brought to
bear on Catholic characteristics of historical theology,
fundamental theology, systematic theology, moral theology, social
justice, and theology of religions. While the contributors draw
upon a broad range of resources from the disciplines of the
physical and social sciences, philosophy, and ethics from a process
perspective, the primary methodology employed is theological
reflection.
Why do representatives of different religious traditions find the
transhumanist vision of the future not only theologically
compatible but even inspiring? Transhumanism is a global movement
seeking radical human enhancement. The trans in transhumanism marks
the transition from the present stage in human evolution into the
future, namely, post-human existence. Containing chapters written
by adherents to a variety of religious traditions, Religious
Transhumanism and Its Critics provides first-hand testimony to the
value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind.
In addition, the contributors critique both secular and religious
transhumanism in light of realistic science and commitment to
social justice.
My Theology: The world’s leading Christian thinkers explain some
of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs. ‘What do we
live for? This is the question many of us ask at the end of a very
long day, especially in the conflicted moments of life,’ writes
Ilia Delio. ‘My answer is simple: we live to love. If we doubt
love, we doubt our own existence.’ In this compelling book Delio
explores the metaphysics of love at the centre of her theological
thinking. From the cosmological to the theological dimensions of
existence, she shows love to be the irresistible force of
attraction that leads straight into the heart of God.
The award-winning author of Christ in Evolution and The Emergent
Christ breaks new ground with this capstone in a trilogy that opens
our eyes to the everywhere active, all powerful, all intelligent
Love that guides and directs our new awareness of interrelatedness
and interbeing. She writes: "We all have a part to play in this
unfolding Love; we are wholes within wholes; persons within
persons; religions within religions. We are one body and we seek
one mind and heart so that the whole may become more whole, more
personal and unified in love. This is our Christian vocation, to
live in the Christ who is rising up from the ashes of death to
become for us the God of the future."
The bestselling author of The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
introduces a new paradigm for being Catholic: Catholicity, destined
to become as familiar in this century as the word Catholic was in
the 2nd century. Catholicity is a conscious awareness of how
everything -the sun, moon, stars, Kepler, Saturn, maple trees,
muddy rivers, amoeba, bacteria and all peoples of the earth - form
a whole. It is a dynamic quality of being which burst forth in the
life of Jesus with the power to make all things new. It is now
beginning to connect all the dimensions of life: religion,
spirituality, the sciences, art, culture, and society. Sr. Ilia
fully describes this unitive principle which is being expressed by
Pope Francis and emerging in the lives of sincere seekers
everywhere. Making All Things New is at once an important
stand-alone work and the first volume in new series unveiling the
reality of catholicity and wholeness under the guidance of Sr. Ilia
Delio.
Sometimes the gift of free will does not seem like God has done us
a favor. God has given us free will, but what is God's will in our
lives? To seek God's will, we must get to know God. This book helps
us to explore the will of God not as an end in itself, but as the
path to freedom; not the freedom of autonomy, but the freedom of
love. The author takes the reader on a lovely journey through ten
evenings with God and examines prayer as a relationship with God,
the importance of solitude for listening to God, and the use of the
senses in discerning God's presence in our lives. Each of the ten
chapters deals with a different way to see God's will, including
understanding that God's love is the foundation for the His will.
Each chapter ends with guiding questions designed to help readers
reflect upon their relationship with God.
Ilia Delio goes beyond the debate on evolution and intelligent
design to reveal the Christ who is at the center of our lives in a
complete universe. She draws on mystics and theologians to locate
the love of God at the heart of a total redemptive process, not
just physical but cosmic, cultural, spiritual, and taking place in
human consciousness. Along the way, she offers surprising insights
on issues such as artificial intelligence, technology, the search
for extraterrestrial life, and, most of all, the meaning of Christ
in our lives and our role as co-creators. Christ in Evolution is
not an argument but a way of seeing the universe and our place in
it with a vision that is "ancient but ever new.
?Although this is a small book on the spirituality of a medieval
woman from a glorious past, it is also a book about Christian life
today. Clare's decisive emphasis on the person of Jesus Christ is
an emphasis on the human person as well, what we are and what we
are called to be.??From the Introduction Clare of Assisi: A Heart
Full of Love explores Clare's deep desire to live the gospel life,
more precisely, her desire for all of us to reflect on Christ and
his crucifixion in order to see our own strengths and weaknesses,
and most importantly, our capacity to love. Ilia Delio illustrates
how Clare, through her life, her writings, letters, prayer and
example, is truly a mystic who helped generations of Catholics
clearly see how Christ took on human flesh, not just to suffer and
die for us, but to help us all in turn reflect back the face of
Christ to the world.
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