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Bradford Literature Festival | Faith | Talk

AI and Religious Authority: When Machines Preach, Who Leads?

29 Jun 2025

14:00 - 15:00

University of Bradford

As AI begins generating sermons, answering theological questions, and even issuing automated fatwas, sacred authority faces a new test. Can machine logic align with religious wisdom — or are we witnessing its quiet transformation?

In this multifaith panel, Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh, joins other experts to explore how AI is entering spaces once reserved for spiritual counsel.

From Islamic chatbots to the Vatican’s ethical concerns, we examine how faith traditions are responding. Chaired by Zeshan Zafar, Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace.

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University of Bradford

Richmond Road
BD7 1AZ

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