by Barnabas Aspray and Austin Stevenson
A podcast that confronts challenges to the Christian faith with hope. Hosted by Dr Barnabas Aspray & Dr Austin Stevenson. Current series: Faith and the Challenges of History Previous series: Refugees, Climate Change, Science & Religion, Faith & Economics. Anticipated future series: - Religious pluralism - Christianity & Racism - The problem of evil/suffering - Exvangelicalism - Violence in the Bible
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May 28, 2026
<p><a href="https://nicholashayesmota.com/" target="_blank">Professor Nicholas Hayes-Mota</a> and <a href="https://www.notredame.edu.au/about-us/faculties-and-schools/school-of-philosophy-and-theology/sydney/staff/silvianne-aspray" target="_blank">Dr Silvianne Aspray</a> guide us through the insights of Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html" target="_blank">Magnifica Humanitas</a>. We discuss questions like:</p><ul><li><p>Why is the Pope weighing in on A.I.? </p></li><li><p>What vision of humanity is A.I. cultivating? </p></li><li><p>How do we protect against the illusions of objectivity and of human connection?</p></li><li><p>What agency do normal A.I. users have to shape how it affects our world? </p></li><li><p>Is A.I. helping us to become the kind of people we were created to be?</p></li></ul>
May 25, 2026
<p><a href="https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/lyndon-drake" target="_blank">Dr Lyndon Drake</a> has two PhDs: one in theology and one in A.I. Now a research fellow at Oxford, he wants to help us think through chatbots in a rigorous and careful way. Let’s be conscious of the pitfalls and dangers, but let’s also explore the opportunities. Christians have been wrestling with what it means to be human for centuries, and producers of A.I. technology can benefit from those insights.</p><p>Lyndon is one of the producers of the <a href="https://oxford-oath.ai/" target="_blank">Oxford Oath on A.I.</a>, modeled after the Hippocratic Oath, to guide users and developers in how to use A.I. for the common good of humanity. </p>
May 6, 2026
<p>In this episode, we’re bringing the thought of Augustine into the conversation with the help of Autumn Ridenour, the author of Restlessness and Belonging: Augustinian Wisdom for the Digital Empire. We explore this concept of a digital empire for thinking about the dangers and possibilities of A.I. and social media in ways that parallel what the Roman Empire was to St Augustine. </p>
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A podcast that confronts challenges to the Christian faith with hope. Hosted by Dr Barnabas Aspray & Dr Austin Stevenson.
Current series: Faith and the Challenges of History
Previous series: Refugees, Climate Change, Science & Religion, Faith & Economics.
Anticipated future series:
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