Interfaith Lecture Series
Tool, Partner, or Surrogate: How Autonomous Should Our Technology Be?
23-Jul-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Noreen Herzfeld brings a significant breadth of wisdom and perspective to the topic of ethics in a tech world.
Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict, and a research associate with ZRS Koper. Herzfeld has published numerous articles and book chapters and is a frequent speaker on the prospects for AI, ethical issues in technology, and Islam.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
Up Next in 2020 Programs
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Interfaith Friday: Buddhism
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, July 17, 2020.
Eryl and Wayman Kubicka dissect Buddhist meditation, something they have practiced for decades.
“The mind is basically silent and we rarely touch that.” - Eryl Kubicka.
Both Eryl and Wayman have been teachers of Buddhist meditation i...
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Navigating Culture and Faith Through Art
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, 2020.
Azzah Sultan on using her art as a tool to disassemble stigmas and stereotypes of Muslim people.
“What does it mean to be Muslim in America?”
Sultan is a celebrated artist, having received her BFA from Parsons School of Design, and ...
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Interfaith Friday: Elements of Religi...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, July 3, 2020.
Chautauqua’s Bishop Gene Robinson hosts a practical conversation with Michael Hogue about Religious Naturalism.
Hogue details how his belief system, Religious Naturalism, is not “anti-religion” while having a different take on the conce...
