Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence

Beth Singler is the Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s) at the University of Zurich. Her first book, Indigo Children: New Age Experimentation with Self and Science (2017) is the first ethnography of a New Age group who define their identity and spirituality in relation to their view of science. She is also the author of Religion and AI: Rejection, Adoption, Adaption. She is also a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, an Associate Fellow of Homerton College, University of Cambridge, an Associate Professor at the Digital Society Initiative, UZH, and a member of the Human Augmentation Research Network. Her publications, interviews, and talks are available at bvlsingler.com. Fraser Watts is a former Senior Scientist at the UK Medical Research Council's Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge and has served as President of the British Psychological Society. Until retirement he was Reader in Theology and Science in the University of Cambridge, Director of the Psychology and Religion Research Group, and a Fellow of Queens' College. He has also been President of the International Society for Science and Religion, of which he is now Executive Secretary. He is also Visiting Professor in Psychology of Religion at the University of Lincoln.

• 1. Introduction Beth Singler and Fraser Watts; 2. Steps toward android intelligence William Clocksin; Part I. Religions and Ai: 3. Hinduism and artificial intelligence Robert Geraci and Stephen Kaplan; 4. The Buddha in AI/Robotics Hannah Gould and Keiko Nishimura; 5. Artificial intelligence and Jewish thought David Zvi Kalman; 6. Artificial intelligence and christianity: friends or foes? Marius Dorobantu; 7. Islam and artificial intelligence Yaqub Chaudhary; Part II. Social & Moral Issues: 8. Transhumanism and transcendence Ilia Delio; 9. The eschatological future of artificial intelligence: savior or apocalypse? Noreen Herzfeld; 10. AI ethics and ethical ai Paula Boddington; 11. Black theology x artificial intelligence Philip Butler; 12. Imag(in)ing human-Robot relationships Scott Midson; Part III. Religious Studies: 13. The anthropology and sociology of religion and ai Beth Singler; 14. Simulating religion F. LeRon Shults and Wesley J. Wildman; 15. Cognitive modelling of spiritual practices Fraser Watts; 16. Artificial companions and spiritual enhancement Yorick Wilks.