Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. 

Herzfeld is the author of In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009), The Limits of Perfection in Technology, Religion, and Science (Pandora, 2010), and editor of Religion and the New Technologies (MDPI, 2017).

A leading voice on the relationship between religion and technology, Herzfeld discusses her approaches to teaching ethical issues in robotics, AI, and computing.

Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Herzfeld is the author of In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009), The Limits of Perfection in Technology, Religion, and Science (Pandora, 2010), and editor of Religion and the New Technologies (MDPI, 2017). A leading voice on the relationship between religion and technology, Herzfeld discusses her approaches to teaching ethical issues in robotics, AI, and computing.

Episode 3: Religion, Ethics, AI, Computing, and Robotics

How can professors and teachers create relevant and effective courses on the themes of religion technology and human presence? This set of interviews with a dozen scholars from across the academic disciplines and theologians provides a window into cutting-edge pedagogies surrounding the the themes of religion technology and human presence. The courses and pedagogical strategies that we discuss in this series emerge from a variety of settings—from liberal arts colleges to research universities. This limited series is designed to help educators scholars and journalists think about how to teach and communicate about these complex and entangled elements of contemporary society in ways that are compelling and meaningful. The interviews are a result of Public Theologies of Technology and Presence a research initiative based at the Institute for Buddhist Studies in Berkeley and funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Share Episode 3: Religion, Ethics, AI, Computing, and Robotics

Sign up to save your podcasts

Episode 3: Religion, Ethics, AI, Computing, and Robotics

Episode 3: Religion, Ethics, AI, Computing, and Robotics

More shows like Religion, Technology, and Human Presence

Straight White American Jesus

The Orange Wave: A History of the Religious Right Since 1960

Monster in the Mirror

One Nation, All Beliefs

American Idols

On God's Campus: Voices from the Queer Underground

Pure White

Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation