Dialogue | Harvard Divinity Bulletin

AI Harms Are Not Ethically Inevitable

It is essential to recognize AI’s active role in exacerbating social ills and injustices so ethical guardrails can be crafted. By Richard J. Geruson

The Fog of AI

The fog of AI captures both the uncertain informational provenance around concepts of human flourishing and the confounding effects a transformative technology like AI has on these same concepts. By Swayam Bagaria

Meaning Making, Bodies, and AI

We are quick to simplify not only the human mind and consciousness, but also the importance of embodied social realities that make us who we are. By David Lamberth

The Human Story Is ‘I Love’

How do we hold on to our humanity in the face of revolutionary technological change? By James Prashant Fonseka

To Dream, Perchance to Pilgrimage: What AI Can’t Do

The essays in this issue that are not focused on AI also serve as counterpoints, exemplifying the idiosyncratic, embodied, meaning-making work that makes us human and humane. By Wendy McDowell

Dionysus and the Tragedy of Greek Religion Scholarship

Albert Henrichs’s work on Dionysus is a case study in the complexities and tensions that characterize the relationship between the fields of religion and the classics. By Kate Whitaker

Solidarity and Mercy in Ukraine

For Ukrainian Catholic sisters and clerics, the war is a Calvary and resurrection narrative. By Chris Herlinger

Unio Mystica and What Comes After

After an experience of mystical union, depression, doubt, and despondency aren’t uncommon. By Andrew McCarron

The Himalayas as Spiritual Chaplains

The Himalayas become wise, nurturing elders who help the author navigate an unsettling liminal time. By Swami Chidekananda

The Racialization of Religious Excitement in American Psychiatry

Historically, white psychiatrists produced theories of religion that became constitutive elements of their racialized understandings of the normal and disordered mind. By Judith Weisenfeld

Black Religion as Barrier and Balm

Black religious communities should be places of spiritual liberation for those who live with mental health challenges. By Monica A. Coleman

Why Rosa Parks Did Yoga

Inspiring stories of collective self-care are evident in the life writings of Black women, including Rosa Parks. By Stephanie Y. Evans

Converging Crises

In New York City, homelessness, immigration, and racism are converging to the point of a crisis. By Henry Love

Nurturing Black Maternal Health

There’s plenty of data on Black maternal mental health and obstetric racism but we are not providing the culturally responsive care that is needed. By Sevonna Brown