Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Readings / Exploration:
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical - Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Lausanne - AI Ethical Framework
Joint Statement on AI Ethics (Rome, June 2025), a joint declaration by Jewish and Christian religious leaders, ethicists and scholars following the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Corporate Governance.
UNESCO - Recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence
UNEP - AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
Barna - AI and the Church: How Pastors Can Lead with Wisdom in a Digital Age
Charity Digital - How to use AI for the common good
The Methodist Church UK - AI, Justice and Creation Care: An update from the AI Working Group
Presbyterian Church USA - Beyond the AI Hype: AI Expansion, Data Centers, and the Church’s Duty to Care for People and Creation
The Union of Catholic Asian News - Catholic climate experts warn AI power demands are straining resources
Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology - Special Issue: Artificial and Spiritual Intelligence: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference of the International Society for Science & Religion - includes a paper by Dr Nicola Hoggard-Creegan, A Rocha Aotearoa’s Board Chair - Vulnerability and Death as Markers of Spiritual Intelligence, p141.
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) at the Graduate Theological Union and New College Berkeley - AI & Creation Care: Friends, Foes or Future?
Aotearoa Readings / Exploration:
Knox Centre for Ministry & Leadership
What’s next? Robot preachers and worship leaders? - Dr. Stephen Garner
AI and the Christian Life: Appreciative Insights on the Use of AI - Matt Ensor
Anglican Movement Diocese of Wellington - Being Smart about AI and Safety
Baptist Churches of New Zealand - AI assisted ministry