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Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian
Birth of a Dancing Star My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian Author:Ilia Delio "I have spent a lifetime entangled with the mystery of God, constantly in the throes of Augustine's question, 'What is it I love when I love You, my God?' I liken my story to the biblical story of Jonah and the whale; no matter how much I try to run away, God is constantly searching for me." — In this heartfelt and spirited memoir, bestselling au... more »thor Ilia Delio, one of the most exciting thinkers on the frontier between religion and science, recounts a journey that took her from scientist to theologian, and from traditional cloistered nun to a leading proponent of evolution and "cyborg life."
From the Baltimore Catechism and the suburban malls of New Jersey, through a somewhat wild adolescence, to the halls of scientific research, to a monastic cloister, and to eventual home in a post-Vatican II experiment in religious life, hers is an account of awakening and spiritual adventure.
Along the way we follow her discovery of the mystic-scientist Teilhard de Chardin, and her entry into the Franciscan view of the cosmos as "locus of God's self-revelation and self-becoming."« less