Reclaiming Reality: Artificial Intelligence and Its Challenge to Christian Belief and Practice, with Joseph Vukov

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape education, work, and everyday life, Christians are increasingly asking how these technologies should be understood and used in light of the Christian faith. What does it mean to remain fully human in an age of rapidly advancing AI? How might Christian belief and practice inform our engagement with these emerging technologies?

Join the Institute for Faith and Learning for a lecture by Joseph Vukov, whose research explores the intersections of ethics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and science and religion. Drawing on his work at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and artificial intelligence, Dr. Vukov will examine the challenges AI presents to Christian belief and practice while considering how Christians can faithfully navigate this rapidly changing technological landscape.

Lunch will be provided. 

Email ifl@baylor.edu by September 30th to RSVP. 

About the Speaker

Joseph Vukov is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago. His research and teaching explore questions at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and science and religion. He regularly teaches an interdisciplinary course on the ethical, scientific, and Catholic dimensions of near-future problems and co-leads Loyola's Science and Religion Discussion Group.

Dr. Vukov is the author of three books, including Staying Human in an Era of Artificial Intelligence (2024). His writing has appeared in publications including The Chicago Tribune, America Magazine, Religion News Service, and numerous academic journals. He serves on the AI Research Group for the Dicastery for Culture and Education, is President of Philosophers in Jesuit Education, and received Loyola University's 2025 St. Ignatius Loyola Award for Excellence in Teaching.