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Religion of the Earth
Ilia Delio & Pete Enns: the Future of Religion "Here's the urgency – if religion doesn't step up, technology is gonna replace it. We're evolving technology exponentially, but our religious imagination is stuck in neutral. The choice is clear: embrace a new religious "zest for life" that connects us to cosmic processes or watch Silicon Valley billionaires become our new high priests." ~ Ilia Delio Earth-centered religion focuses on the veneration of the Earth and natural phe

Rick Bonetti
May 8, 20252 min read


The Holomovement
Image generated by AI According to the "Holomovement" website , the term was "coined by American physicist David Bohm, a contemporary of...

Rick Bonetti
May 6, 20252 min read


A New Coherence
In the 2004 book The Death of the Mythic God . author Jim Marion says that what has really died is our myth of God, our worn-out notion...

Rick Bonetti
May 5, 20252 min read


Two Models of Evolving Spirituality
Humanity is evolving. Ewert Cousins emphasizes spiritual and religious unity, while Steve McIntosh emphasizes developmental integration across value systems.

Rick Bonetti
May 1, 20253 min read


Is Religion Obsolete?
According to a massive new Pew Research Center survey released in February 2025 (The Religious Landscape Study of U.S. Adults ...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 25, 20252 min read


Theology Beer Camp 2025
“Quest for the Holy Stein” Theology Beer Camp 2025 is coming to St. Paul, Minnesota and online October 16-18, 2025 . T his year’s Monty...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 24, 20252 min read


Integral Christianity
Stages of Development used by Paul Smith in his book, “Integral Christianity” I have three books next to one another on my shelf:...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 16, 20253 min read


Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science
May 3-4, 2025 - The Center for Christogenesis is having their virtual 2025 Conference: Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Evolving in a Shifting World
Sunday, April 13, 2025 , from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT - A New Republic of the Heart is offering a webinar : Taking Responsibility for...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 6, 20252 min read


Responding to Cruelty, Bullying and Chaos
On March 17, 2025 Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) offered a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual thinkers (Tom Shriver, Marianne Williamson, Cynthia Bourgeault, Matthew Fox, Cyprian Consiglio, and Sherri Mitchell, moderated by Heather and Nicholas Vesey), addressing to the question: How do we respond to the time we are living through? During the webinar, they asked the question ‘How do we respond to the time we are living through?’ Some of

Rick Bonetti
Mar 29, 20252 min read


Harnessing the Energies of Love
Ilia Delio, in her February 2025 talk "Old God, New God, Part 2" , responded to a question by Susan Izard , retired spiritual director...

Rick Bonetti
Mar 28, 20251 min read


April 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as...

Rick Bonetti
Mar 25, 20256 min read


InterSpiritual Unity Consciousness
Father Thomas Keating Father Thomas Keating (1923-2018) had a prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an...

Rick Bonetti
Feb 27, 20254 min read


The Source of Hope
For nearly half of U.S. voters, the new year 2025 does not easily bring hope. The values expressed by the new administration about social justice issues and not addressing climate change are in conflict. New York Times/Ipsos polling , released January 18, 2025, shows significant cleavages around the upcoming administration, the economy, and immigration. News of polarization of societal values and environmental degradation may cause one to wonder about " human-nature ." Some b

Rick Bonetti
Jan 12, 20253 min read


Integral Worldview
Charles Taylor argued in his seminal work, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (1989), that our contemporary cultural landscape is characterized by a profound tension between modern and postmodern worldviews. In 2016, Nicholas Hedlund and Annick de Witt published research on how four major worldviews (traditional, modern, post-modern, and integral) in the Netherlands and the USA relate to climate change . They found that in both countries, people wit

Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20244 min read


Beauty, Truth & Goodness
In his 2007 book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution: How the Integral Worldview Is Transforming Politics, Culture and...

Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20242 min read


Church of the Planet and a Theology of Evolution
In her 2020 book Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion, Ilia Delio says: "The shift from the individual to the posthuman in the...

Rick Bonetti
Jul 19, 20242 min read


A Quaker New Story
Learn a New Story that is grounded in the sciences, animated by the humanities, and imbued with wisdom from Indigenous traditions and world

Rick Bonetti
Apr 18, 20242 min read


The Matter With Things
The Center for Process Studies (CPS )identifies itself as offering "a relational worldview for the common good. with a mission to foster...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Creating Cosmogenesis Through Art
April 11, 2023, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. PDT on Zoom. - Join eco-spiritual artist/educator/filmmaker Imogene Drummond as she explores the...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 6, 20241 min read
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