AI and Faith

Webinar: "Antiqua et Nova: Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence"
2025-02-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
A few of our experts will be speaking at this event, hosted by Seattle University:
The Vatican published “Antiqua et Nova: Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence” in late January. Please join us for a webinar to learn more about the content and impact of Antiqua et Nova. Speakers feature academic leaders from each West Coast member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities, plus special guest speaker Fr. Paolo Benanti, advisor to Pope Francis on issues of artificial intelligence and technology ethics.
Event and registration link: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/antiqua-et-nova

Speakers:

Jean-Paul Andrieu, Director of Strategy, Architecture, and Analytics, Loyola Marymount University
Paolo Benanti, Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Fr. Timothy Clancy, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Gonzaga University
Mark Graves, Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
Brian Green, Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Donna Teevan, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, Seattle University

Moderator: Onur Bakiner, Director of Technology Ethics Initiative, Seattle University

Internal Events - Coordinating Catholic Connections
2025-02-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Our Coordinating Catholic Connections affinity group will meet for connection and discussion.

Internal Event - Coordinating Catholic Connections
2025-03-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Online

Internal Event - AI and Religious Law
2025-03-26 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
March Salon – AI and Religious Law with Ali-Reza Bhojani, Maria Joseph Israel, SJ and David Zvi Kalman.

Missional AI Summit
2025-04-08 - 2025-04-10
The fifth annual Missional AI Summit moves this year to Plano, TX, from April 8-10. Themed “AI Collision – Shaping the Future Together”, this foundational Christian conference on the use of AI in missional and ministry applications gathers sophisticated AI computer scientists, product developers, funders, and ministry leaders to share diverse knowledge, ideas, and values about cutting edge technologies from faith-oriented perspectives. Similar opportunities and issues are arising in other faith traditions, for which this conference is a bellwether. Whether you’re an AI professional, a church leader, or someone passionate about the intersection of technology and ministry and discipleship, join more than 500 individuals from over 100 organizations representing 30+ countries. A half dozen AI&F experts and partner representatives will be speaking, leading discussions, and connecting with conferees on critical issues like the responsible application of AI and measurable accountability in this burgeoning marketplace for faith-oriented AI-powered applications. A report on outcomes to follow!

Learn more here: https://missional.ai/

Internal Event - Engaging Tech Policy, Business and Law with a Commitment to Faith
2025-04-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Our Spring Town Hall brings together two of AI&F’s Advisors: Jon Palmer, the General Counsel of Microsoft, in conversation with Kenneth Cukier, the deputy executive editor of The Economist. They will discuss the intersections of religion, ethics, law, and policy on business and society. What have been the influences (both positive and negative) that religion has had on US law, legal ethics and the legal profession? How has this influenced Jon’s professional life, and the role of Christian doctrine in the way he views ethics, practices law, and sees his role as a lawyer? What are the challenges and opportunities that AI presents in these contexts and the need for AI to develop in a way that aligns with ethical considerations? Their diverse backgrounds will make an especially interesting conversation: Jon is the son of a prominent Presbyterian pastor; Kenn’s father fled the Holocaust and took him to Quaker meetings as a child.

Internal Event - AI and Grief: Wisdom at the Intersection of Technology and the Human Heart
2025-05-06 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
In this thought-provoking conversation with Nikki Mirghafori, we explore how artificial intelligence intersects with human emotional pain. How can technology help us understand, alleviate, or even exacerbate our inner struggles? With her unique background in AI and contemplative practices, Nikki offers insights into the role of wisdom, compassion, and awareness in an increasingly digital world. Join us for a dialogue that bridges mind and machine, pain and presence.

Internal Event – Coordinating Catholic Connections
2025-05-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-20 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-18 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-08-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-12 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-10-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Online

Washington DC - Faith at Work Conference 2025
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-22 | Washington, DC
The Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, partner of AI and Faith, is hosting the Dare to Overcome Conference from May 20 to 22. This is an annual gathering for Fortune 500 company employee resource groups (ERGs), corporate chaplains, and other faith-and-belief workplace initiatives to share best practices and celebrate achievements.
Join the conference for essential conversations and dynamic presentations on issues companies, leaders and employees are facing in an ever-changing socio-economic environment at home and abroad. This year’s theme is “United Towards Hope.”
Learn more here.

Internal Event - AI and Grief: No Tears at the Gates of Weeping
2025-06-26 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
June Salon – “AI and Grief: No Tears at the Gates of Weeping” with Thomas Arnold

Internal Event - AI in Military Decision-Making and the Warrior Code
2025-07-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
July Salon – “AI in Military Decision-Making and the Warrior Code” with Shannon French

Faithful Futures: Guiding AI with Wisdom and Witness
2025-09-02 - 2025-09-05 | Minneapolis, MN, United States
Faithful Futures: Guiding AI with Wisdom and Witness is a groundbreaking ecumenical conference that brings together leaders from across mainline Protestant denominations into a learning community to explore how the Church can help shape the future of artificial intelligence with theological depth, ethical clarity, and practical innovation. The conference features daily keynotes, scenario engagement, and collaborative cohort work. Each in-person participant joins a focused cohort that tackles a specific area of AI and ministry—from formation to ethics to operations—producing practical tools, prototypes, or theological reflections. These cohorts are designed to foster deep relationships and lasting impact, ensuring that participants return to their communities equipped to lead faithful, informed responses to emerging technologies.
To register for the virtual experience or learn more, please visit www.aichurchconference.com

Internal Event - AI, Bioethics, and Spiritual Understanding: Matters of Life and How To Live
2025-09-16 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
September Town Hall – “AI, Bioethics, and Spiritual Understanding: Matters of Life and How To Live” with Brian Green and Wendell Wallach.

World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly 2025
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-31 | Seoul, South Korea
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is delighted to announce the 2025 General Assembly, taking place in Seoul, South Korea from October 27 to 31, 2025.
This momentous event will bring together evangelical leaders, national alliance representatives, and partners from across the globe to unite under the theme: “The Gospel for Everyone by 2033”
AI&F will be represented by 15 speakers from six countries in a special 7-hour drill down track on wisely stewarding AI in missional engagement around human dignity and relationships, disruption of work and the environment, and with trust and accountability.
Read more here: https://gospelforeveryone.worldea.org/
See information on how AI & Faith will participate here: https://aiandfaith.org/wea-2025/

Internal Event - Ethics of Life and Mind in the Era of AI
2025-10-29 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
As artificial intelligence reshapes medicine, genetic engineering, biology, and to some, the very definition of life, urgent ethical questions emerge. But who gets to ask those questions, under which light, and who gets to answer them? Join us in this AI and Faith Salon where we will go beyond a single worldview to explore how diverse faith traditions approach the moral challenges of AI and bioethics.
From AI healthcare to boundaries of genetic engineering, how do our world’s greatest wisdom traditions guide us throughout these new frontiers?
Pablo Ruz Salmones will be interviewing Mohammed Ghaly, Cory Labrecque and Tracy Trothen at this special event.

Meet the speakers:
Dr. Mohammed Ghaly is a Professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE), holding degrees in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University and Leiden University, where he earned his PhD. His primary expertise lies at the intersection of Islamic ethics and biomedical sciences, a field in which he is highly published with over 30 peer-reviewed articles and leadership roles as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Islamic Ethics and as Lead Principal Investigator on several funded research projects. Dr. Ghaly’s significant contributions to the field include his book, Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theology and Jurisprudence (2010), and the edited volumes, Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics (2016) and Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question (2019), and he has lectured on his specialization at prestigious institutions around the globe, including Oxford University and Georgetown University.
Cory Labrecque is Associate Professor of Bioethics and Theological Ethics, and Chair of Educational Leadership in the Ethics of Life at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Laval in Quebec. Cory’s research lies at the intersection of religion, medicine, biotechnology, environment, and ethics. He previously taught at the Center for Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Religion at Emory University and is a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life in the Vatican. He earned his PhD in Religious Ethics at McGill University.
Tracy Trothen is a professor of ethics at Queen’s University, jointly appointed to the School of Religion and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy. A certified spiritual care supervisor by the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care, she specializes in spirituality, artificial intelligence, moral distress, technology, and aging adults. Trothen holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Divinity from Queen’s University, and a Doctor of Theology from the University of Toronto.
Interviewer: Pablo Ruz Salmones is a Mexican polymath. He is the founder and CEO of X eleva Group, a leading Artificial Intelligence development firm in Mexico. He is also a pianist and composer, having performed on stages in Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. Pablo contributes regularly to various media outlets in Mexico and around the world, and has delivered lectures on AI, Ethics, Art, and other topics for renowned companies, universities, and research institutes in several countries He has published articles in international academic journals on Education for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with researchers from Humboldt University in Berlin. In his free time, he practices Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple of Mexico.

AI and Faith at AAR/SBL Religion and Science Reception
2025-11-22 19:00 - 22:00
AI and Faith is excited to meet at SBL/AAR in Boston! Whether you are one of our experts or have never met up with us before, we hope to see you there; please come by and say hello!

Internal Event - Beyond the Factory: Rethinking Our Industrial Mindset for a Sustainable Future
2025-12-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Join us for a stimulating discussion that navigates the urgent intersection of Sustainability, Urban Planning, and the fundamental need to shift the pervasive Industrial Mindset of our current era.
This December, AI and Faith’s Salon will host John O’Keefe, who will share with us how the industrial model, built on linear resource consumption, has shaped our cities and strained our planet. But what comes next? This salon challenges the foundations of constant growth and explores how we can move towards regenerative systems and smarter, resilient urban environments.
In this special segment, we’ll delve into John’s fascinating project: “Terraforming Iowa”.”
Meet the speakers:
Dr. John J. O’Keefe is currently Ph.D. Director at Xavier University. He also worked at Creighton University, where he served for many years as a member of the theology faculty and as Chair of the department. His academic research has focused on the history and theology of ancient Christianity, especially in the area of ancient Christian biblical interpretation. He is currently interested in ecological theology and efforts to put ancient wisdom in dialogue with the critical needs of the world.
Interviewer: Pablo Ruz Salmones is a Mexican polymath. He is the founder and CEO of X eleva Group, a leading Artificial Intelligence development firm in Mexico. He is also a pianist and composer, having performed on stages in Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. Pablo contributes regularly to various media outlets in Mexico and around the world, and has delivered lectures on AI, Ethics, Art, and other topics for renowned companies, universities, and research institutes in several countries He has published articles in international academic journals on Education for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with researchers from Humboldt University in Berlin. In his free time, he practices Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple of Mexico.

Internal Event - AI and Faith: Looking Forward
2026-01-28 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
Join us for an engaging AI and Faith town hall led by our executive director Greg Cootsona. As we step into 2026, Greg will share insights from his first 100 days and outline key strategic directions for the coming year, growing out of discussions with the board of directors and Strategy Advisory Team. This session will also include interactive break-out discussions. Discover how we’re building on past achievements as we move forward together—bringing the wisdom of the great spiritual traditions to the fast-paced, emerging technologies of AI.

Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference 2026
2026-10-08 - 2026-10-10 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Discerning Faithful and Responsible Use of AI in Education, Church, Business, Health Care, STEM, and the Arts

Hosted by Calvin University, the Wisdom in the Age of AI Conference, Thursday, October 8 – Saturday, October 10, 2026, brings together leading voices at the intersection of technology and Christian thought. This premier event features keynote speakers, dynamic panel discussions, and six focused tracks exploring the role of artificial intelligence in education, church, business, healthcare, the arts, and technology.
Join top Christian thinkers, practitioners, and the broader public as we explore how faith can shape the responsible development and use of AI, while advancing human flourishing and contributing to shalom.

Call for Papers
The call for papers is open until March 2, 2026.
More information at https://calvin.edu/faith-and-technology/faith-and-ai-conference
