Complexified

Televangelists to Deepfakes: Who Defines the Sacred in the Age of AI? + John Fugelsang


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When outrage wins the algorithm, what does faith become?

This live conversation from the RNS Symposium at Trinity Commons wrestles with a bracing question: when faith, power, and platform collapse into the same feed, who gets to define what’s sacred? Host Amanda Henderson and guest John Fuglesang trace a line from open-source scripture to televangelist TV to AI resurrecting voices, exploring how media mirrors our clicks—and how those clicks shape the moral imagination we live in. They name the seduction of outrage, the costs of fundamentalism, and a red-letter way forward grounded in humility, service, and care for “the least of these.” Warm, wise, and a little irreverent, this episode invites us to be more mindful about what we amplify and why it matters now.


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ComplexifiedBy Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology

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