Belief in the Future
oleh DZ Kalman
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Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by DZ Kalman. New season coming June 2026.
Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
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- Evangelicals are rejecting AI personhood · 53 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 13Earlier this month, the National Association of Evangelicals released a resolution on artificial intelligence. It's short, and compared to Pope Leo's encyclical, it is somewhat…
- Teaching priests how to fix AI · 47 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 12If you want to have an impact in the world of AI, you need to speak the language of code. That's getting easier, but it's still not easy. And it puts religious leaders at a…
- Is it better to love a cat or a robot? (w/ Dustin Atlas) · 47 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 12When we talk about relationships with AI, we often focus on whether these machines are alive or sentient. But life and sentience aren't necessary for relationships; in fact, we…
- Is AI leapfrogging women in religious leadership? · 50 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 10AI conversations have a tendency to become so big that you can't really locate yourself within them. For this episode we're flipping the script and talking about a longstanding…
- AI and Fear of Death · 44 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 10How does our inevitable deaths change how we live—and how does fear of loss change how we develop technology? Alex Sarkissian is a death doula and a co-founder of the Buddhism…
- AI loves Catholicism. Why? (w/ David Wingate) · 44 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 8How does AI portray religion? Does it talk about it in the way that most Americans do? Does it treat all religions the same? CEFE-AI (https://cefe.ai/) is a multi-university…
- Faith and the Printing Press (w/ Michelle Margolis) · 38 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 7Yes, AI is new and unique—but we've been through an information revolution before. The printing press transformed religion, authority, and public life. Those upheavals offer…
- A next-gen religious chatbot (w/ Zohar Atkins) · 56 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 6The market in religious chatbots is now quite healthy. If you’re Episcopalian you can go to Ask Cathy; if you’re Catholic there’s Magisterium; if you’re a Latter-day Saint…
- Islam and AI (w/ Waleed Kadous) · 47 mntAs a decentralized faith, Islam does not have one single approach to AI. Muslim communities are constructing norms around AI usage in religious scholarship and sermon-writing…
- The Image of God in the Age of AI (w/ Tomer Persico) · 52 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 4The idea that human beings are created in the image of God is a central part of both Jewish and Christian theology, and with the rise of AI it has become perhaps the best example…
- The Latter-day Saint Way on AI · 31 mntThere is more than one type of religious approach to AI. While the Catholic response has received by far the most media attention, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints…
- A Catholic and a Jew read the pope's AI encyclical together · 1 jam 4 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 2On May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV issued Magnifica Humanitas, a major new document on AI for the world's biggest religion. I talked with Brian Green about what it says, why it was…
- There's been an earthquake. We're coming back. · 6 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 1After less than a year from the end of our first season, Belief in the Future is coming back into a world where religion and technology are now crashing into each other. ***…
- What Could Go Right? · 39 mntTo close out our summer episodes, we're talking with Kevin Kelly, founder of WIRED Magazine and writer about all things tech and culture. Kevin is a devout Christian with an eye…
- The Two Codes · 33 mntBIG NEWS: Belief in the Future now has a YouTube channel: Sabbath Mode. Go check it out before listening to the episode Coding is one part skill, one part magic, and one part…
- Are AI Sermons a Good Thing? · 33 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 14Religious organizations, like all other organizations, are beginning to use AI. Some of these uses are unremarkable, but others bring AI into the business of delivering religious…
- The Wild World of Bible Apps · 46 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 13We often think about how technology has influenced religion, but we rarely question the opposite: how has religion pushed technological advancement? In the case of Christianity…
- The Church that wants to build God · 39 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 12What if AI and religion had a converging relationship rather than a parallel one? In Professor Beth Singler's new book, Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction, she…
- The Temptation of AI Christ · 29 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 11The confessional booth is usually a private space for reflection and human connection. But what if, on the other side of the wall, you discovered you were asking forgiveness from…
- Does Religion Have Wisdom for Tech? · 46 mnt · Musim 1 Episode 10Does religion have a role in developing ethical frameworks around technology? On this episode, we're talking to Rabbi Zvika Kreiger, spiritual leader of Chochmat Halev and former…
