RT Article
T1 Boyle Lecture 2025—Science, Technology, Theology, and Spirituality: A Necessary Partnership?
JF Zygon
VO 60
IS 3
SP 972
OP 86
A1 Jackelén, Antje 1955-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1946991007
AB The 2025 Boyle Lecture explores the partnership between science, technology, theology, and spirituality in addressing contemporary challenges. Reflecting on historical and modern dynamics, it emphasizes the need for transdisciplinary collaboration to avoid cultural poverty and handle the current polycrisis in a world prone to polarization, populism, protectionism, post-truth, and patriarchy. The lecture offers a brief sketch of the development of the science-and-religion field and underlines the importance of including spiritual perspectives in the discourse. Drawing on Sigmund Freud, the author describes the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity as a fourth narcissistic insult and discusses four alternative approaches to this new existential threat. Two examples of the added value of including spirituality in science and religion are provided: healing the injustices of colonialism by bringing together neuroscience and theology with religious symbols, rituals, and narratives; and dealing with the climate crisis more holistically by including spiritual sustainability alongside ecological, economic, and social dimensions. The lecture concludes by describing a spirituality of hope.
K1 Ai
K1 Boyle Lecture
K1 Freud
K1 Two cultures
K1 Artificial Intelligence
K1 fourth narcissistic insult
K1 polycrisis
K1 ratio and intellectus
K1 science-and-religion
K1 spiritual sustainability
K1 spirituality of hope
DO 10.16995/zygon.23415