CO-SPONSORSHIP: Artificial Intelligence and Religion Unit and Ritual Studies Unit

"Artificial Intelligence in/as/for Ritual"—We invite papers that explore how artificial intelligence and ritual studies together illuminate questions of future(s). The convergence of these fields opens unique pathways for considering how futures are imagined, enacted, and materialized through both ancient practices and emergent technologies. Some papers may be related to particular practices (e.g., the AI Jesus taking confession in a church in Switzerland, algorithmic divination, virtual tarot, simulated rituals), or more theoretically at the intersection of ritual studies and artificial intelligence.