{"id":26162,"date":"2026-06-30T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26162"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:48:41","slug":"ilia-delio-a-cyborg-christian-on-the-god-revolution-we-need-now","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/ilia-delio-a-cyborg-christian-on-the-god-revolution-we-need-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Delio: A Cyborg Christian on the God Revolution We Need Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/1650793d-472f-4aeb-8bcb-c7344020163d\/embed?theme=light-gray-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The myths we&#8217;ve inherited about God aren&#8217;t just outdated\u2014according to Sister Ilia Delio, they may be at the root of our collective crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Tami Simon speaks with Ilia Delio\u2014Franciscan sister, scientist, theologian, holder of the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair at Villanova University, and author of more than twenty books, including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Not Yet God<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re-enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the memoir <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014about what a genuine God revolution would look like in the twenty-first century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing on the evolutionary theology of Teilhard de Chardin, the depth psychology of Jung, and the cosmotheandric vision of Raimon Panikkar, Delio offers a startling and empowering reframe: God is not a supernatural authority above us, but the inexhaustible ground of wholeness emerging through us\u2014and we are, right now, called to complete that becoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami and Ilia to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why the God of the Axial Age is dying\u2014and what&#8217;s being born in its place<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The evolutionary arc from archaic religion to monotheism to a new cosmotheandric religious consciousness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What it actually means to be a &#8220;cyborg Christian&#8221;\u2014and why Jesus of Nazareth was one<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How AI mirrors the human psyche and why it may catalyze, not threaten, the next stage of love<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three-pronged revolution: creativity, complexity, and consciousness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to awaken to the divine presence already alive within you\u2014and why that&#8217;s the taproot we need now<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich, irreverent, and intellectually alive, this interview is a genuine disruptor for anyone who has ever felt that the spiritual containers we&#8217;ve inherited are too small for the lives we&#8217;re actually living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now and bend into the lure. \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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