Editorial Introduction

Marius Dorobantu; Fraser Watts

Editorial Introduction

Marius Dorobantu^*
, Fraser Watts

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Religious Beliefs and Ethics

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Abstract

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has intensified long-standing questions about the nature of intelligence, personhood, and the theological distinctiveness of human beings. As machines perform tasks once thought exclusive to human minds, increasing attention is paid to those aspects and modes of human intelligence that still elude automation. Spiritual intelligence is one such
example. Understood as a mode of knowing that is intuitive, embodied, relational, and oriented toward the transcendent, it offers a compelling counterpoint to the calculative logic of machines. This special issue of Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology (CPOSAT) invites readers into a cross-disciplinary conversation exploring how the notions of artificial and spiritual intelligence both challenge and illuminate Christian thought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	x-xviii
Number of pages	9
Journal	Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology. New Series
Volume	3
Issue number	Special Issue
Publication status	Published - 2025

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This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial and Spiritual Intelligence: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference of the International Society for Science & Religion

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artificial intelligence
spiritual intelligence
theology
science and religion
theology and science
Theological anthropology
ethics

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