Theology Day 2025 - Finding Hope in a Time of Change
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
10-3-2025
Abstract
We live in a time of rapid change, a changing climate, a changing nation, accelerating AI. These changes can leave us feeling disoriented or overwhelmed. Yet change is inevitable. What does hope mean when things look dark? Where can we find anchors during turbulent times?
Noreen Herzfeld is the Director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment. 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 The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic World (Fortress, 2023), In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009), and editor or co-editor of Encountering AI: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations (Pickwick, 2023), Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World (Lexington, 2022), and Religion and the New Technologies (MDPI, 2017). Herzfeld is also a senior research associate at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, Koper, Slovenia.
Friday, October 3, 2025
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Emmaus Hall, SJU (Synchronous)
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Recommended Citation
Herzfeld, Noreen L., "Theology Day 2025 - Finding Hope in a Time of Change" (2025). Theology Day Lectures. 5.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_theology_day/5