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Does God evolve? How evolution and A.I. are pushing the horizons of theology

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Most Catholics these days don’t think there is a conflict between the theory of evolution and their faith. But it’s harder to wrap our heads around the idea that we’re still evolving—and that God might be, too. This week, we talk with Sister Ilia Delio, a theologian who thinks we can’t separate the evolving nature of our universe and consciousness from our faith. We ask Sister Delio what it’s like to work at the cutting edge of theology, where rapidly changing technology and artificial intelligence might be taking us as a species, and what that means for the church. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss the still-open questions about the legacy and implementation of the Second Vatican Council, which opened 60 years ago this week. Did the council fail? What would success look like, and what would the church look like today if Vatican II hadn’t happened? Links from the show: Did Vatican II fail? Are we allowed to ask the question? Pope Francis marks 60th anniversary of Vatican II by warning against worldly ‘progressivism’ and backward-looking ‘traditionalism’ The Emergent Christ, Ilia Delio People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States What’s on tap? Pinot Noir  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Learn more at BC.edU.

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S.M. Hello and welcome to Judge Whiticle, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

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America media that laypart means we aren't Jesuits but we work with them.

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Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture culture in the news, often over drinks.

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I'm Ashley McInless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.

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It's good to be with you Ashley.

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Good to be here.

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And I'm feeling good celebrating three years of marriage today.

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Wow.

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So shout out to my wife more than anyone, Amanda.

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Ah, congratulations.

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Thanks, thanks, feeling good.

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Got a great glass of Pinot Noir.

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And ready to talk some theology today.

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We're nerdy specializing in the area of science and religion and like I said we geek out on both of those.

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She has this really fascinating theology I guess of evolution and what it means for the Catholic faith.

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Yeah I, you know, going into this, I was like,

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and I think a lot of our listeners will relate to this,

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this is that I was like, yeah, evolution, Catholicism,

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