Computational and Theological Models of the Human Person

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

How can one understand theological aspects of the human person using computational methods? Drawing upon neuroscience and the psychology of religion, one can model cognitive and linguistic aspects of human moral, religious, and spiritual development and exemplarity in ways amenable to computational analysis and simulation. The course will focus on using broadly applicable, semantic analysis techniques from artificial intelligence to extract meaning from classic and contemporary texts that are significant for theological anthropology, Christian spirituality, and moral theology.