New technologies and scientific discoveries are expressions of the Creation mandate in Genesis 1, but they also have the potential to corrupt and destroy. How, then, can science and technology serve true human flourishing?
This booklet dispels some of the sensationalism around Artificial Intelligence, asking instead how a fresh understanding of humanity can shape the trajectory of AI development. It draws on research interviews from ten leading AI practitioners and thinkers, and provides a distinctly biblical framework for understanding AI.
June 2021 By Jonathan Ebsworth, Samuel Johns, and Mike Dodson We are in the midst of a digitally-enabled industrial revolution. As ...
Summary Interactions with apparently human-like and ‘emotionally intelligent’ AIs are likely to become commonplace within the next ten ...
This is a crucial moment in the history of science: a new technology offers the potential to rewrite the script of human life. Carrie ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in an acceleration in the adoption of technology. From basic services - such as online grocery shopping, Amazon deliveries, Zoom conferencing, FaceTime and Deliveroo - to the rapid rise of personalised digital services - including online GP appointments, Covid test QR codes, and even vaccination passports - we are witnessing the rapid digitisation of life, changing public consciousness, and acceptance of new technologies in the last two years. Where is this breakneck innovation leading us?
In this session we shed light on three specific areas of interest in this new world: health and data, Surveillance Capitalism, and avenues for practical action. These avenues look at institutional reform, as well as changing our habits to develop a ‘rule of life’ that ensures we are the masters of our technology, not the other way round.
You can find other videos from the 2021 Seeds of Change conference here.
We are in the midst of a digitally-enabled industrial revolution. As with all previous revolutions, this one is attended by by both benefits and perils.
This online live presentation of our latest Cambridge Paper, "Surveillance Capitalism: the hidden costs of the digital revolution" describes and examines the business model called "Surveillance Capitalism" and demonstrates its intrinsic dependence on deception, addiction and exploitation.
The authors of the report - Jonathan Ebsworth, Samuel Johns and Mike Dodson - also suggest practical responses that individuals and communities can take to face these challenges with hope and assurance.
To read the original paper click here.
Nanotechnology, cryonics, gene-editing, mind uploading. Such technologies—both real and imagined—offer a rising hope that humans might ‘defeat’ death. Can followers of Jesus, who already believe in life after death, find common ground with technological optimists? How can these contemporary trends challenge and sharpen an understanding of resurrection? And what hope might Christian theology offer in return?
Speakers: Dr Rodica Mocan (Associate Professor of Cinematography and Media, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca) and Fr. Dragos Herescu (Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge).
Free-will is fundamental to our sense of wellbeing, and underwrites our sense of morality, our judicial system and the Judeo-Christian faith.
However, science has provided evidence that free-will may be an illusion. Whilst we may not be as free as we like to think, we can still make decisions that determine our character, relationships and future.
This talk is based on Harvey McMahon's Cambridge Paper, available here.
In this talk given at the Social Reformers Summer School 2018, Jonathan Tame explores how Jesus came to fulfil the law, and the implications for our commission to be salt and light to the world.
Leading up to the COP26 summit in November 2021, Jubilee Centre published a series of blog posts on various aspects of climate change. The different authors were on a panel ...
Leading up to the COP26 summit in November 2021, Jubilee Centre published a series of blog posts on various aspects of climate change. The different authors were on a panel ...
In April, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention released a new evangelical statement of principles on—you guessed it—artificial ...
This week is the Conservative Party Conference, where amongst the Brexit promises and leadership speculation some unusual headlines are appearing. Theresa May shimmying on stage ...
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Thoughtful perspectives on today's social, political and economic challenges
Reconsidering our fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the world.
Making room for artists to challenge the way we see God and the world.
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Building relational economies for financial stability, economic justice and social cohesion.
How can relational churches thrive with a mission to transform their communities?
Reconsidering our fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the world.
Making room for artists to challenge the way we see God and the world.
How do we strengthen the basic unit of society: the extended family?
Building relational economies for financial stability, economic justice and social cohesion.
How can relational churches thrive with a mission to transform their communities?
Reconsidering our fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the world.
Making room for artists to challenge the way we see God and the world.
How do we strengthen the basic unit of society: the extended family?
Building relational economies for financial stability, economic justice and social cohesion.
How can relational churches thrive with a mission to transform their communities?
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