From September 10–12, 2026, the Theopolis Institute will host an in-person, intensive course on “Artificial Intelligence and Christian Theology” at Third Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. From the conference webpage: “The topic of artificial intelligence, previously a locus of philosophical speculation and fodder for science fiction, has moved to the center of contemporary debate about what it means to be human. The post-Christian West, having conceived of humans primarily as homo sapiens now faces a formidable cognitive rival in highly capable AI. Optimistic tech barons now marshal massive computational engines, poised even to revive nuclear power, in the quest to build machines whose intelligence is measured on a scale that runs beyond humans toward a theoretical ‘superintelligence.’ Recent successes in AI have revived the secular soteriology of transhumanism and raised doubts about the enduring need for human labor. In a time when many anxiously ask, ‘What are humans for?’, the church has a fresh opportunity to exercise reasonableness, gratitude, and hope in the face of epochal change. In this Theopolis Institute course, we will learn to situate AI wisely within Scripture’s story of creation, fall, and redemption. Designed for pastors, teachers, and laypeople, the course will consider contemporary AI through the lens of Christian theology, with particular focus on creation, language, theological anthropology, theology proper, ethics, idolatry, and eschatology.”
Instructor Jonathan Barlow received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University and his Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. He serves as a PCA ruling elder at Grace Presbyterian Church in Starkville, Mississippi.
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