Prof Ilia Delio – Bending the Universe Towards Love: Teilhard’s Mystery of Matter
Are We Disconnected From the Core Energy of Love?
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest and palaeontologist whose writings integrate evolutionary religion and evolution: work that was suppressed during his lifetime but has become a touchstone for anyone seeking to hold scientific and spiritual worldviews together. Teilhard believed the universe is not winding down but unfolding toward ever-greater consciousness, driven by what he called a core energy of love woven into the fabric of matter itself.
Drawing on Teilhard’s vision, this talk argues that love is not merely a sentiment but a cosmological force: one that calls us to awaken by recognising the whole within ourselves and in the world around us. When we lose sight of that inner-outer unity, we fall into the fragmentation that lies at the root of so much contemporary moral confusion: tribalism, ecological indifference, a sense of meaninglessness.
This matters now because we live in a moment when both science and spirituality are asking convergent questions about consciousness, interconnection, and purpose. Yet, most public conversation treats them as separate or opposed.
What if the divide between science and the sacred has always been smaller than we were told, and closing it could change everything about how you see yourself and the world around you?
This talk will be followed by a live Q&A with Prof Ilia Delio.
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About the speaker:
Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD is Professor of Theology at Villanova University. Her area of research is Systematic-Constructive theology, with an emphasis on Religion and Science. She lectures nationally and internationally, and is founder of the World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture, an online spiritual and educational resource.
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