God, Human, Machine: Images and Imaginations of Religion in the Age of AI

Please submit abstracts (300 words) and a short biography (200 words), detailing your academic background, research interests and relevant publications. Submissions should be made to aiimagery[at]uni-erfurt.de by or on Sunday, February 22, 2026. Submissions must be original. Published research and research under consideration for publication will not be accepted. 

We encourage submissions from junior and senior scholars, advanced-stage graduate students, and independent researchers. The organizers are committed to diversity and will give special consideration to scholars from historically under-represented demographies and geographies. 

Review Process Abstracts will undergo a review process based on specific criteria, including but not limited to the following: 

• Relevance to the themes and remit of the conference. 
• Clearly defined research questions, theoretical and methodological rigour, and, where relevant, clearly defined empirical case studies, data sets, and other empirical considerations. 
• Good grasp of the state-of-the-art in research on AI and religion, and critical engagement with existing scholarly debates. 
• Originality and potential to advance the field and push the boundaries of current research on AI and religious images and imaginations. 

Financial Support Authors of accepted papers will be offered travel and accommodation costs as well as all meals during the conference