A new way of looking at evolution – one that opens our eyes to the unfolding love of God.
Ilia Delio transcends the debate on evolution and intelligent design to reveal the Christ who is at the center of our lives in a complex universe. She draws on mystics and theologians to show the love of God at the heart of a total redemptive process, not just physical but spiritual, cosmic, and cultural, and taking place in human consciousness.
Christ in Evolution is a lucid antidote to the current crop of “new atheism” books that argue there is no place in the universe for the notion that there may be a God, let alone a God of love. Ilia Delio offers not a “brief ” but a way of seeing the universe and our place in it with a vision that is more compelling because it is at once faithful to science and infused with spiritual insights that are “ancient and ever new.”
“Spiritually enriching . . . theologically challenging . . . and important.”
—John Haught, author of Christianity and Science
Ilia Delio, O.S.F., is assistant professor of Ecclesiastical History and Franciscan Studies at the Washington Theological Union, where she is director of the Franciscan Center. She is the winner of the 2000 Templeton Course Award in Science and Religion, and the author of Crucified Love and The Humility of God.
