Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Artificial Intelligence and Religion Unit and Korean Religions Unit

Call for Proposals

"Korean Religions in the Age of AI" 

According to the IMF, South Korea has one of the highest AI adoption rates in the world. About a third of the population uses ChatGPT every month. The newly elected government led by Lee Jae Myung is putting AI at the forefront of its economic policy. In Korea’s highly pluralistic society, religious communities are already experimenting with AI in strikingly diverse ways. This panel invites papers focusing on any topic related to the present and future relationship between Korean religions and AI, including: approaches to the use of AI related to Korean religious values, applications of AI in religious communities or scholarship, and/or ethical and philosophical debates about AI. Why should scholars interested in religion and AI pay attention to Korea?

Chair Mail Dates
Chong Bum (Sean) Kim ckim@ucmo.edu -
Liora Sarfati lsarfati@tauex.tau.ac.il -
Randall Reed reedrw@appstate.edu -
Tracy J. Trothen trothent@queensu.ca -
Steering Member Mail Dates
Beth Singler, University of Zurich beth.singler@uzh.ch -
Franklin Rausch frausch@lander.edu -
Hajung Lee hjlee@pugetsound.edu -
Hyojin Lee, Ca' Foscari University of Venice leehyojinis@gmail.com -
Jonathan Feuer jon1778@gmail.com -
Philip Butler philipb7@icloud.com -
Robert Geraci rgeraci@yahoo.com -
Sandra Park, University of Arizona sandrapark@arizona.edu -
Song-Chong Lee songchonglee@snu.ac.kr -
Theodore Vial tvial@iliff.edu -
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection