Biennial international research colloquium
A forum for rigorous, imaginative inquiry into the ways digital technologies are reshaping religious thought, practice, and public life.
About the colloquium
Theologies of the Digital is a biennial international research colloquium that examines the intersection of theology and digital technologies. Since 2019, the colloquium has brought together scholars, theologians, technologists, and researchers to explore how digital technologies are reshaping religious thought, practice, and understanding.
02 / 2027
Theme
The fourth installment of the Theologies of the Digital colloquium turns to the question of artificial intelligence at the intersection of technological development and social imagination. How do theological traditions help us think critically and constructively about AI? What resources do they offer for imagining AI not merely as a technical artifact, but as a socially embedded phenomenon?
Keynote speakers and the call for proposals will be announced soon.
The detailed program will be released closer to the conference. This outline shows how TotD IV and the GNTD sessions connect across four days.
Welcome and opening presentations.
Paper sessions, discussions, and collaborative work.
A shared session with the Global Network for Digital Theology.
Global Network for Digital Theology program.
Final presentations and closing discussion.
Global Network for Digital Theology program, continued.
03 / Since 2019
2025
Theologies of the Digital III
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Evanston, Illinois
2021
Theologies of the Digital II
Convened online with participants across Europe and the United States.
2019
Theologies of the Digital I
Center of Theological Inquiry
Princeton, New Jersey
An international collaboration spanning theological libraries, ethics, and interdisciplinary research.
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Director, Yale Divinity Library
New Haven, Connecticut · USA
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Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Evanston, Illinois · USA
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Leiterin des Arbeitsbereichs Religion, Recht und Kultur, FEST
Heidelberg · GermanyEssential information about the colloquium, its 2027 theme, and how to participate.
Still have a question? Contact usTheologies of the Digital is a biennial international research colloquium that examines the intersection of theology and digital technologies. Since its founding in 2019, it has brought together scholars, theologians, technologists, and researchers from Europe and the United States.
The theme is “Imagining AI Between the Technological and the Social.” The colloquium will explore how theological traditions can help us think critically and constructively about artificial intelligence as both a technological development and a socially embedded phenomenon.
TotD IV will take place June 13–15, 2027, at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. The conference runs from Sunday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.
TotD IV takes place in conjunction with the GoNeDigiTal conference hosted by the Global Network for Digital Theology. The two events share a joint keynote and panel session on June 14, followed by hybrid GNTD sessions on June 15 and 16.
Details about the call for proposals and registration will be announced soon. For inquiries about participation, contact clifford.anderson@yale.edu.
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