Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. She is the author of eighteen books and numerous articles. She lectures nationally and internationally on various topics in Science and Religion, including religion and evolution, consciousness and complexity, integral ecology, and artificial intelligence. Her most recent book is "The Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey" (Orbis).

She discusses her research and teaching, focusing on a number of core questions: How did we arrive at a level of technological dependence?  Where are we going with our technologies?  What is the human person?  What do we hope for as persons and as community?  Can technology help us create a more unified world?

Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. She is the author of eighteen books and numerous articles. She lectures nationally and internationally on various topics in Science and Religion, including religion and evolution, consciousness and complexity, integral ecology, and artificial intelligence. Her most recent book is "The Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey" (Orbis). She discusses her research and teaching, focusing on a number of core questions: How did we arrive at a level of technological dependence? Where are we going with our technologies? What is the human person? What do we hope for as persons and as community? Can technology help us create a more unified world?

Episode 2: Technology and Human Personhood

How can professors and teachers create relevant and effective courses on the themes of religion technology and human presence? This set of interviews with a dozen scholars from across the academic disciplines and theologians provides a window into cutting-edge pedagogies surrounding the the themes of religion technology and human presence. The courses and pedagogical strategies that we discuss in this series emerge from a variety of settings—from liberal arts colleges to research universities. This limited series is designed to help educators scholars and journalists think about how to teach and communicate about these complex and entangled elements of contemporary society in ways that are compelling and meaningful. The interviews are a result of Public Theologies of Technology and Presence a research initiative based at the Institute for Buddhist Studies in Berkeley and funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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