Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian
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Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian  -     By: Ilia Delio

Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian

Orbis Books / 2019 / Paperback

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In this heartfelt and spirited memoir,  bestselling author Ilia Delio, one of the most exciting thinkers on the frontier between religion and science, recounts a journey that took her from scientist to theologian, and from traditional cloistered nun to a leading proponent of evolution and “cyborg life.” From the Baltimore Catechism and the suburban malls of New Jersey, through a somewhat wild adolescence, to the halls of scientific research, to a monastic cloister, and to eventual home in a post-Vatican II experiment in religious life, hers is an account of awakening and spiritual adventure.

Along the way we follow her discovery of the mystic-scientist Teilhard de Chardin, and her entry into the Franciscan view of the cosmos as “locus of God’s self-revelation and self-becoming.”

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Title: Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian
By: Ilia Delio
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Orbis Books
Publication Date: 2019
Dimensions: 9.25 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 12 ounces
ISBN: 162698347X
ISBN-13: 9781626983472
Stock No: WW983473

Publisher's Description

Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, a theologian, author of several ground-breaking books, and a speaker in wide demand, has become one of the most exciting thinkers on the frontiers of dialogue between religion and science. This is her memoir, recounting a journey that took her from scientist to theologian, and from traditional cloistered nun to a leading proponent of evolution and cyborg life. Along the way she earned a doctorate in pharmacology, then entered a traditional Carmelite cloister, moved on to a German Franciscan community, and finally to a post-Vatican II experiment in religious life.

Author Bio

Ilia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, is Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and founder of the Center for Christogenesis. Her many books include Christ in Evolution, The Emergent Christ, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being, and Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian. She is editor of the Orbis Books series Catholicity in an Emerging Universe.


Editorial Reviews

"Thank God there is nothing linear in the lifeline of this book. Delio tells her rising, spiraling story with such transparent joy that she seizes every change of plan as a new dance move from God. Only out of chaos can a star be born, she says, welcoming us to take our own places in the rising, spiraling story of the universe." --Barbara Brown Taylor, author, The Luminous Web

"A fascinating account of Ilia Delio's journey from traditional Catholic beliefs and practices to a Teilhardian worldview that joins religion and science." --Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author, Thomas Berry: A Biography

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