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The Rise of AI, Judgment Day? Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Theological Education
As conversations about Artificial Intelligence (AI) became ubiquitous with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, my mind immediately recalled the film franchise, Terminator. The movies are centered on a dystopian future where machines, in becoming self-aware, formulate a plan to wipe out humanity. As this recall suggests, my immediate reaction to ChatGPT was one …
Mapping Out Our Assessment Ecologies as a Theological Practice
By: Ryan Runager and Dr. Sarah Bogue Often, for many classes, getting a particular grade or simply completing the assignment is more important than the learning of class material. Asao B. Inoue, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Arizona State University, writes: Classroom writing assessment is more important than pedagogy because it always trumps what …
Using Design Thinking in the Theological Classroom
What does a business concept have to do with teaching theology? Tom Kelly writes that a “Hands-on, user-centric approach to problem solving can lead to innovation, and innovation can lead to differentiation and competitive advantage.” As theological educators, our work is not inclined toward competitive advantage. Our work is to be present, embodied, and full …
Contemporary Cultural Item with Jesus and John Wayne
Associate Professor of American Religious History, Alison Greene, teaches a course called “History of Christianity in America.” In her course, she assigns a cultural analysis project through the lens of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristen Kobes Du Mez. In this text, Du Mez provides …
Practical Papers for Practical Theology
In her course, “Introduction to Practical Theology,” Susan Reynolds invites her students to explore what it means to “do theology in context.” She says, “As they negotiate the fluid, shifting boundary between theology and practice, they encounter a wide and interdisciplinary variety of texts.” In place of the weekly “one-pager” response or reflection of the …
Skill Building for Social Change
Are you interested in political organizing? How do your studies at Candler prepare you for a life of activism and public engagement? These are main objectives of Kyle Lambelet’s “Political Theology and Community Organizing” course: to develop a working theological vocabulary in the realms of political and justice organizing and to utilize this language as …
ScholarBlogs: A Public Scholarship Blog
Ellen Ott Marshall and her doctoral seminar students have recently embraced practice of public scholarship with their class blog. If you weren’t aware of Emory’s ScholarBlog platform, now is the time to check out this Emory-specific instance of WordPress. Any Emory user (student or faculty) can request a ScholarBlog at not cost, which can then …