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The Unfinished God in an Unfinished Universe

The Unfinished God in an Unfinished Universe

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Brian Bright

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In this article Ilia Delio looks at the quarrel between ‘Catholic’ and ‘Process’ theology. Thomas Aquinas, drawing on Aristotle and Democritus, the father of atomic theory who said that at bottom nothing changes, described God as perfect being itself.

Alfred North Whitehead and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin stand with Heraclitus. For them, being is relational. To be is to be in relationship. Relationships are not added to things that already exist; relationships give rise to being, ……..even to God’s being.

https://iliadelio.substack.com/p/the-unfinished-god-in-an-unfinished?r=d88cq&utm_medium=ios

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2 responses to “The Unfinished God in an Unfinished Universe”

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    Michael Sibert

    Brian thank you for posting this challenging and insightful essay. Ilia Delio certainly has her finger on the pulse. In helping us realise the full ramifications and ongoing nature of ‘evolution’ she is opening our minds to a theology capable of effectively dealing with the demands of the present moment. I particularly appreciate her articulation of the ‘becoming God’, a God that while immanently present in all things, including ourselves, also seeks ongoing transcendence. We become part of God’s becoming  in and through our creativity and relationship with all aspects of the natural world.      

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    1. Brian Bright Avatar
      Brian Bright

      Thank you Michael. I find her emphasis on and the place of relationship with all of Creation as well as God so impelling. An ongoing and evolving relationship with an evolving God is the key to a theology for today’s seekers.

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