Future Perfect

A nun on the radical possibilities of Christianity


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Co-host Sean Illing talks to Sister Ilia Delio, a Franciscan nun and Catholic theologian, about the power of love and suffering in Christianity.

Relevant resources: 

The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love, Ilia Delio

Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness, Ilia Delio

Featuring:

Ilia Delio, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, and Villanova University theology professor

Host:

Sean Illing (@seanilling), senior interviews writer, Vox

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Credits:

Producer/Editor: Jackson Bierfeldt

Editor: Elbert Ventura

Executive Producer: Liz Nelson

About Vox:

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