Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness (Catholicity in an Evolving Universe Series)

I am not particularly religious, although I DO believe in the spirit. Either way, it is clear that religion deserves a place at the table when we discuss new and innovative ideas about the cosmos, physics, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Ilia Delio does an excellent job of putting it all together from the religious perspective. Some of what she asks of the Roman Catholic Church - and Christianity in general - is being done by the Bahai faith. Ilia is a strong believer in evolution and in the co-evolution of the material and spiritual in the cosmos. This is a great read for anyone seeking to understand the role of consciousness (spirit) in our cosmos. She is a theologian with a great vocabulary, so keep a dictionary close by.

I was blown away by this book! I want to read it over and over and over! I was moved by the new take on the word catholic. As a catholic, I new the word meant universsal... but I always thought that meant that the Roman Catholic Church was the one true church for everyone... how naive! Now I know it refers to the spirit of catholicity in relation to universal wholeness and the work of making all things wholly! Loved it!

A theological piece that traces its thesis from the the Big Bang through nuclear physics with stops at every theologian and philosopher.

Sister Delio is a part of what some call "Vatican III," the plethora of new thinkers arising within the Catholic Church, beginning with Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, and continued by Richard Rohr, Margaret Farley, Daniel Berrigan, and Ilia Delio. To borrow from the ideas of Father Rohr, I would classify this vein of thinking as postliberal, postconservative, postmodern, and non-dualistic. These innovative and forward-thinking religious are bringing the Catholic Church (finally) into its own namesake, which is to say, truly universal. I cannot express enough praise for this work. Though only 200 pages long, it has taken me over a month to finish because it is just so deep and meaningful, and many of her ideas challenge millennia-old habits of the Church Universal. This work is timely and absolutely necessary, and it is because of people like Delio that I keep returning to Mass every weekend. I, for one, welcome Vatican III. My only criticism of this work are the numerous typographical errors within, which is not necessarily any fault of Delio's, and so I opted not to deduct any stars from it. I would give her copy editor(s) maybe two or three stars for their subpar editing work. I view typographical errors as a sign of great disrespect to both the author and the reader, as if the work itself were not valuable enough to expend the necessary energy to make sure the text is error free. Someone at Orbis Books definitely dropped the ball. Still, it didn't detract from the incredible depth of her thinking or the importance of this work for not only the Catholic Church, but the wider Christian community as a whole, and I wholeheartedly endorse anything Delio has written.

Delios blend of science and DeCardin's theology is facinating reading for the most part. Her arguments duemstretch credulity in a numbr of places. Like all theological theories it's based on certain premesis that you must except before being engaged at her work. However, she does a good scholarly job of presenting her case. In any case it's well worth the read, if nothing else it takes you away from the plethora pre-conciliar theologies floating around in various Catholic devotional books. I liked it.

This book and Ilia Delio other books meet the expectation of trying to bring the Church into the 21st century. Whether they will be successful or not, who knows? She has made many of the thoughts of Teihard readable and understandable.

Llia Delio's The Unbearable Wholeness of Being" is the major work which beautifully, comprehensively outlines a Christian non-dualistic theology of love. This book contrasts that theological understanding with philosophical Enlinghtenment dualis which really undergirds the reason why the human race is facing extinction through out abuse of the gifts of creation. All this related to culture, politics power and what the reality of creation is in reality--a Whole. Our web of being. The evolution of being. I really studied and contemplated the first book--this book shows us what we are up against. I found "the Unbearable Wholeness of Being" essential to face the consequences Llia delio outlines for dualistic thinking in this book. Highly recommend both.

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Ilia Delio's work often explores themes of evolution, consciousness, and the integration of science and spirituality. She advocates for a holistic understanding of the universe, where matter is imbued with divine properties, and encourages a deeper mindfulness to appreciate this interconnectedness. I found her writing interesting, provocative, clear, and faith building. Excellent ideas on the nexus of catholicity, cosmology and consciousness.

This book supported me to marry together science with religion. For a long time I’ve been pulled in both directions between being religious, but not in an institutional sense, and also appreciative of a scientific explanation of how the world began. Rather than thinking that I must be ‘missing something’, this book has enabled me to see that in fact I am actually on the right track towards catholicity and that perhaps the uncertainty or confusion about commitment to my religion has been misconceived because of outdated ideals and institutions.

An extraordinary book, that really changed the way I look at my Catholic faith and the whole universe. I understand both spirituality and science in a deeper way now. It's ironically disjointed, probably because of the scholarly tone it takes. This can make it a bit difficult at times. I'm also not sure how orthodox some parts are, which makes it tough for me. It means I have work to do, to decide to either reject these parts or find a way of understanding them. I wish they were placed more directly in the context of Church teachings for me, so I didn't find it disjointed from much of the rest of my faith. Another issue I found, was sometimes it felt more like common pseudoscience. For example, the idea of a "field" of love, which we enter through baptism, or relating the Eucharist to quantum entanglement. I suppose these are pretty much just metaphors, but I don't think they make the matter any more clear. I'm still giving 5 stars, because despite these difficulties, it's an incredible book, and its ideas are extremely important, with great power for strengthening the faith and the Church.

This book is an eye opener towards the holistic meaning of being a Human and a Christian. The universality of spiritual experience or Catholisity is indeed an invitation to humanity to what Einstein termed as a transcendence from a personal God to a cosmic reality of consciousness.

A very good book based on a evolutive and cosmic vision of our world.