March 17, 2026
Exploring interfaith perspectives on artificial intelligence
The College of St. Scholastica will host an online distinguished interfaith panel for a discussion examining the relationship between artificial intelligence and spirituality and religion on Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
The four panelists are Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C., and an American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, David Zvi Kalman, PhD, a research fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Kogod Research Center, Adrian (Naabekwa) Liberty, a prominent leader in the Ojibwe language and cultural revitalization movement, and
Zahra Takhshid, LLM, SJD, an associate professor of Law and director of the Program on Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
The discussion will explore the implications and significance of artificial intelligence from Catholic, Jewish, Indigenous, and Muslim perspectives. Questions will include:
- What are religious communities saying about artificial intelligence?
- What resources can religions provide for the enormous impact artificial intelligence will have on society?
- What spiritual or religious questions does artificial intelligence provoke?
- And how are religious communities relating to A.I. and to what effect?
Dr. Kevin Vaughan, director of the Braegelman Catholic Studies Program at The College of St. Scholastica, emphasized the significance of the upcoming panel: “Artificial intelligence poses one of the greatest challenges to our society today. No one remains unaffected by this developing technology. As to be expected, a lively conversation has emerged on the significance of AI and its ramifications on our culture, drawing on many voices from within our society. This panel seeks to highlight the religious and spiritual voices, bringing them into conversation with each other on this emerging technology.”
This event is sponsored by the Braegelman Catholic Studies Program in collaboration with the Oreck-Alpern Interreligious Forum and the Center for Spirituality and Enrichment, a ministry of the St. Scholastica Monastery.
