Ilia Delio & Bruce Epperly: Bonaventure & the Cosmos in Process

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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What a fun conversation! Ilia Delio and Bruce Epperly joined me for an in-person conversation at ORTCON23. Since Ilia wrote a book on Bonaventure and Bruce is in the middle of writing one, it was the perfect time to get to know the 13th Century philosopher, theologian, and Saint. Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, and American theologian specializing in science and religion, with interests in evolution, physics, and neuroscience and the import of these for theology. Ilia currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and is the author of twenty books, including Care for Creation (coauthored with Keith Warner and Pamela Woods) which won two Catholic Press Book Awards in 2009, first place for social concerns and second place in spirituality. Her book The Emergent Christ won a third-place Catholic Press Book Award in 2011 for the area of Science and Religion. Her recent books include The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution and the Power of Love (Orbis, 2013), which received the 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award and a third-place Catholic Press Association Award for Faith and Science. Ilia holds two honorary doctorates, one from St. Francis University in 2015 and one from Sacred Heart University in 2020. Ilias previous visit to the podcast: Catching a Cosmic Faith the Entangled God of My Heart Bruce Epperly has served as a congregational pastor and university chaplain, university and seminary professor and administrator, and is a prolific author and lectionary commentator. With over forty years joining pulpit and classroom, Bruce recently retired from congregational ministry after serving eight years as Senior Pastor of South Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Centerville, MA . He has relocated from Cape Cod to the Washington DC suburbs to be closer to his family. He continues to teach as Adjunct Faculty at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC. Ordained in the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he is the author of more than sixty books in theology, spirituality, healing and wholeness, scripture, and clergy wellbeing, including Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Oh yeah, what is up, Theology Nerds? This is Tripp, and you're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:43.3	And today on the podcast, not just one, returning guests, but two.
0:49.1	We have Bruce Epperly and Ilya Dillio joining the podcast. This was recorded live in a cabin in Idaho at
0:57.8	OortCon a few weeks ago. We, all three of us, were speakers at OortCon, a big, open
1:04.6	relational theology convention put on by Thomas J. Ord. We had ourselves a good old time.
1:10.1	And one night, right before the social
1:13.3	gathering of the evening, the three of us put some mics down in a lobby of one of the cabins
1:20.5	and talked it up until people came in, which is how the conversation ends, is that Tom Tom walks in carrying a whole bunch of stuff
1:29.3	for like ice cream or something and we end it. Anyway, but we have ourselves a good time.
1:36.6	Both, both Ilya and Bruce has spent a lot of time with Bonaventure as a theologian and
1:43.2	has impacted both of their works.
1:44.6	We talk about that.
1:45.4	They both have an intimate connection between their intellectual wrestling and critical reflection
1:52.8	and their creative process of writing.
1:57.1	We talk about that and some other open relational style topics. But if you, if you think,
2:05.8	oh, this sounds like fun. I like the idea of hanging out with people live, having conversations
2:11.8	like this on the side, then you should come to theology beer camp this October 19th through the 21st, Springfield, Missouri.
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