AI and Faith has compiled resources from our Artificial Intelligence and Work theme, from March to April 2026.
Podcast
Listen to an interview with Glen Weyl on the intersection of AI, plurality, and faith communities. We discuss the vital importance of bringing communities, diverse religions, and technology together, building an environment where AI development takes religious perspectives into consideration.
Listen to a conversation with expert sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund, a specialist in the relationship between science and religion. Interviewed by Greg Cootsona, she talks about her new book, “Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work” and discusses how faith, work, and religious identity intersect.
AI and Faith Articles
As we explore AI’s impact on work, we must sift through complexity that goes beyond the headlines. In a world of AI hype, we need contemplation more than ever. Contemplation cannot stand alone, though; it must be paired with action. The three-way intersection of hype, contemplation, and action demonstrates the importance of seeking truth and grappling with the ambiguity that is part of the process. Read this article from Micah Melling, AI and Faith professional member.
The Industrial Revolution automated work flows to the detriment of personal labor. Was John Henry a prophet or a fool to give his life in protest to the machines? Here, Bob Royce questions how “vocation” should be subjected to divisions of labor.
AI significantly complicates the nature of creative work, where the core task is the fundamental act of naming. Drawing on his experience founding the certification platform VerifiedHuman, AI and Faith expert Micah Voraritskul defines the trust inherent in the formative stages of creative production.
With the rise of powerful AI models, communities of faith have a unique role to play in this moment. AI and Faith Advisor David Kim considers how individuals and communities of faith ought to view engagement with AI, and what that engagement reveals about ourselves.
Outside Articles
As the Vatican considers the ongoing race toward AGI, AI and Faith advisor Father Paolo Benanti considers whether an algorithm has a soul, and if not, how we should respond to their growing influence. Explore how the Pope’s “AI Whisperer” is bridging the gap between moral theology and AI in this piece from Transformer News.
This exceptional piece of scholarship, published in 2023, comes from Mohammed Ghaly. A nuanced and detailed offer of Islamic perspectives of “work” clarify the ways in which our shifting labor landscapes expose our attitudes toward labor and equity; it is these attitudes that require our attention.
Interest in Hindu religious entrepreneurship is on the rise, involving AI as a means of religious practice and transcendental experience. Colonialism complicates these ventures, obligating attention to the cognitive dissonances that result when faith traditions like Hinduism are commodified. AI and Faith expert Sreevas Sahasranamam and Anupama Kondayya articulate the translation challenges and motivations of Hindu religious entrepreneurial intention here.
