{"id":71784,"date":"2019-12-04T05:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=71784"},"modified":"2019-12-03T18:55:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:55:18","slug":"religionprof-podcast-with-juli-gittinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/12\/religionprof-podcast-with-juli-gittinger.html","title":{"rendered":"ReligionProf Podcast with Juli Gittinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\nI\u2019m delighted that Juli Gittinger\u2019s book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33dqJi8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Personhood and Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> is now out, and that I had the chance to talk with her about it in this <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/religionprof\/episodes\/ReligionProf-Podcast-with-Juli-Gittinger-e93saq\/a-a12aur0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">latest episode of the ReligionProf Podcast<\/a>. I had the privilege of reading the manuscript prior to publication, and here\u2019s the endorsement that I provided:<\/p>\n<blockquote><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Personhood-Science-Fiction-Philosophical-Considerations\/dp\/3030300617\/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=9783030300623&qid=1572887536&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=li2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=6927d69d2a453cd7d29fe3a4aab6a63f&language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3030300617&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=3030300617\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33dqJi8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Personhood in Science Fiction<\/i><\/a>, Juli L. Gittinger does more than merely survey or even analyse the treatment of persons human, alien, and android across some of the most popular sci-fi franchises of recent years. She engages with one of the most puzzling and ethically challenging questions there is, in conversation with everyone from philosophers to neuroscientists to theologians\u2015and yes, of course, our most beloved science fiction authors. Although engaging with highly technical matters, Gittinger does so in a way that is impressively accessible. The result is a book that is of great significance for all the aforementioned fields and many others, and deserves to be read and discussed widely. Juli L. Gittinger skillfully leads readers on a quest for the souls of androids and aliens, and in the process helps us discover and explore our own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nJuli and I talk in the podcast about Dragon Con, which has an academic component I wasn\u2019t aware of and plan to look into with a view to attending, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/comicspopularartsconference.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Comics and Popular Arts Conference<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/comicspopularartsconference.org\/2020-call-for-proposals\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here for the call for papers<\/a>. In the podcast Juli and I also talk about academics writing fiction, and you can expect me to have more to say on that topic in the near future\u2026<\/p>\nI was also <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.butler.edu\/content\/robots-enhance-coding-prowess-passion-core-curriculum\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed about robots that I think we can all agree are not persons, but which are helping persons have a rewarding educational experience in Butler University\u2019s core curriculum<\/a>. There is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/job\/BWV986\/lincoln-international-doctoral-studentship-in-religions-and-theology\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> a postgraduate research opportunity that could fund work that explores the intersection of religion and technology<\/a>. See also:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/40829625\/A.I._in_Religion_A.I._for_Religion_A.I._and_Religion_Towards_a_theory_of_Religious_Studies_and_Artificial_Intelligence?email_work_card=title\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Reed shared a paper on artificial intelligence and religious studies<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2019\/9\/9\/20851753\/ai-religion-robot-priest-mindar-buddhism-christianity?fbclid=IwAR22eCV8xS1Ay3Dz3mln9VEFDY0q67u6dvNB8zwrtWpuUW_kn1URabl4Q8g\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AI religion\/robot priest in\u00a0Vox<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2019-10\/click-pray-rosary-smart-digital-device-world-peace.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The rosary prayer device<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.religiousstudiesproject.com\/2019\/10\/18\/the-promise-of-reincarnation-in-the-grundtvig-ai\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iuTFp9z8rN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.religiousstudiesproject.com\/podcast\/when-archive-meets-a-i-computational-humanities-research-on-a-danish-secular-saint\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">When Archive Meets A.I. \u2013 Computational Humanities Research on a Danish Secular Saint<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhen Archive Meets A.I. \u2013 Computational Humanities Research on a Danish Secular Saint\u201d \u2014 The Religious Studies Project\" src=\"https:\/\/www.religiousstudiesproject.com\/podcast\/when-archive-meets-a-i-computational-humanities-research-on-a-danish-secular-saint\/embed\/#?secret=De79QvnmZ4#?secret=iuTFp9z8rN\" data-secret=\"iuTFp9z8rN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2019\/11\/priest-rabbi-robot-walk-into-bar-religion-technology.html?fbclid=IwAR0XnQZPpPl5TpZUrDfngQo4uTgyEF7VQ215U43mUXLur4xnSUb-Wx9nmpc\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A priest, a rabbi, and a robot walk into a bar<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2019\/10\/18\/review-susan-schneider-artificial-you-ai-and-future-your-mind\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IHE<\/em> review of Susan Schneider\u2019s\u00a0Artificial You<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/11\/09\/the-worlds-first-ai-news-anchor-has-gone-live-in-china.html?fbclid=IwAR3LMJ_EoNhrm7sgzXKNKl_qSxqbmP-WWp0jWQWb4wZCbIQfnv3VsY8HKYU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">First AI news anchor<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com\/2019\/10\/restoring-ancient-text-using-deep.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+(The+Archaeology+News+Network)#qWTJhxfGisqLcjOh.97\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Using AI to restore damaged ancient texts<\/a>\u00a0(also in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2220438-deepmind-ai-beats-humans-at-deciphering-damaged-ancient-greek-tablets\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Scientist<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xSeB951Npf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/why-deep-learning-ais-are-so-easy-to-fool-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhy deep-learning AIs are so easy to fool\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/why-deep-learning-ais-are-so-easy-to-fool-2.html\/embed#?secret=RNvTXnmG6r#?secret=xSeB951Npf\" data-secret=\"xSeB951Npf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DI6d4aNoMl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/some-notes-on-computers-ai-and-the-mind.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Some notes on computers, AI, and the mind<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cSome notes on computers, AI, and the mind\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/some-notes-on-computers-ai-and-the-mind.html\/embed#?secret=R8B6XeyzP1#?secret=DI6d4aNoMl\" data-secret=\"DI6d4aNoMl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\nAlso at the intersection of theology and new technology: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2019\/10\/theologizing-virtual-reality-sightings.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">theologizing virtual reality<\/a>. In the article, A. Trevor Sutton writes, \u201cThe academic study of religion provides some helpful frameworks for approaching conversations about VR baptism and digital spirituality\u2026It might be easy to look upon VR baptisms as simply an internet aberration. But to do so would be a crucial misstep. It is incumbent upon scholars of religion and theologians alike to bring their unique disciplinary resources to bear on this conversation. In 1946, the Supreme Court had to help make sense of new technology and dead chickens. In 2019, scholars of religion and theologians must help make sense of a new technology and waterless baptisms.\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archeomatica.it\/documentazione\/intelligenza-artificiale-in-geomatica-per-i-beni-culturali-workshop-a-torino-12-13-dicembre-2019?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Archeomatica+%28Archeomatica+-+Tecnologie+per+i+beni+culturali%29\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An upcoming workshop in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/04\/ai-assessed-job-interviewing-grows-colleges-try-prepare-students\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Universities need to prepare students to be \u201cinterviewed\u201d by AIs<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/what-makes-ai-so-weird-good-and-evil-1839672175\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What makes AI so weird, good, and evil<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/2019\/11\/billionaires-jeff-bezos-amazon-space-blade-runner-2049?fbclid=IwAR1GFjdhHrpE_IPBC8X3Z4JFJ07oHxWL8ZCW0TZ7MSp0JbxTLCXLwQu5aBU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeff Bezos\u2019 vision for the future = Blade Runner<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.thetechedvocate.org\/secrets-of-machine-learning-algorithms-revealed\/<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/10\/can-ai-identify-bias-in-media\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m8JqcRzvpB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/in-the-17th-century-leibniz-dreamed-of-a-machine-that-could-calculate-ideas.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Could Calculate Ideas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIn the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Could Calculate Ideas\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/in-the-17th-century-leibniz-dreamed-of-a-machine-that-could-calculate-ideas.html\/embed#?secret=7Jl00Quctz#?secret=m8JqcRzvpB\" data-secret=\"m8JqcRzvpB\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Qdp343aqCJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/the-danger-of-ai-is-weirder-than-you-think.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Danger of AI is Weirder Than You Think<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Danger of AI is Weirder Than You Think\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/10\/the-danger-of-ai-is-weirder-than-you-think.html\/embed#?secret=wMwvggRMOQ#?secret=Qdp343aqCJ\" data-secret=\"Qdp343aqCJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"h1kEFZAaIK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/we-teach-a-i-systems-everything-including-our-biases.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We Teach A.I. Systems Everything, Including Our Biases<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWe Teach A.I. Systems Everything, Including Our Biases\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/we-teach-a-i-systems-everything-including-our-biases.html\/embed#?secret=6ypUqlyfNZ#?secret=h1kEFZAaIK\" data-secret=\"h1kEFZAaIK\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aIHHP0LeSU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/like-tears-in-rain-a-pop-cultural-history-of-the-future.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cLike Tears in Rain\u201d: A Pop Cultural History of the Future<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u201cLike Tears in Rain\u201d: A Pop Cultural History of the Future\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2019\/11\/like-tears-in-rain-a-pop-cultural-history-of-the-future.html\/embed#?secret=hBySyMzZLN#?secret=aIHHP0LeSU\" data-secret=\"aIHHP0LeSU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archeomatica.it\/editoriali\/fotogrammetria-e-intelligenza-artificiale-for-all?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Archeomatica+%28Archeomatica+-+Tecnologie+per+i+beni+culturali%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Fotogrammetria e Intelligenza Artificiale for All<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2019\/11\/20\/how-stop-brain-drain-artificial-intelligence-experts-out-academia-opinion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The AI brain drain from academia<\/a><\/p>\nSee too my <a href=\"https:\/\/academicminute.org\/2019\/11\/james-mcgrath-butler-university-artificial-wisdom\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Academic Minute podcast about the Artificial Wisdom project<\/a> I am involved in, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/newhumanist.org.uk\/articles\/5528\/the-racial-bias-of-algorithms\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Humanist<\/em> article about the racial bias of algorithms<\/a>.\u00a0Also of interest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/in-the-age-of-ai-zwfwzb\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this PBS Nova special<\/a>:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3035009798\/\" width=\"512\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/fred_phillips\/robots_imagination_and_spirit-243438\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robots, Imagination, and Spirit<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allanbevere.com\/2019\/11\/why-cant-science-explain-consciousness.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Can\u2019t Science Explain Consciousness?<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/scroll\/178935\/torah-writing-robot-speeds-past-human-scribes<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2017\/2-june\/news\/world\/robo-priest-gets-returns\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robo-Priest in\u00a0Church Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"d8WkL3RQba\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepthefaith.co.uk\/2018\/09\/03\/the-church-coexisting-with-robots-by-rev-stephen-brooks\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Church coexisting with Robots? by Rev Stephen Brooks<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Church coexisting with Robots? by Rev Stephen Brooks\u201d \u2014 Keep The Faith \u00ae The UK's Black and multi-ethnic Christian magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keepthefaith.co.uk\/2018\/09\/03\/the-church-coexisting-with-robots-by-rev-stephen-brooks\/embed\/#?secret=dIhJAkErQw#?secret=d8WkL3RQba\" data-secret=\"d8WkL3RQba\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/analyticsindiamag.com\/softbanks-pepper-robot-priest-perform-buddhist-funeral-rites\/<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/08\/23\/meet-the-robot-priest-set-to-deliver-funerals-in-japan\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robot priest delivers funerals in Japan<\/a>\u00a0(also on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/robot-priest-japan-buddhism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fox News<\/a>)<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/religionandpolitics.org\/2017\/08\/29\/as-artificial-intelligence-advances-what-are-its-religious-implications\/<\/p>\nAnother call for papers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/relcfp.com\/post\/189170171877\/the-international-committee-for-the-history-of\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A History of Technology for an Age of Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004CFAWS4\/ref=as_li_ss_il?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=a7f2b9d7912360401ff1d4ef6671ad7e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B004CFAWS4&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B004CFAWS4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1582345929\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=473c1cdd6aa8d3d9b70adbc6d0732c3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1582345929&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=1582345929\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ufeff I\u2019m delighted that Juli Gittinger\u2019s book\u00a0Personhood and Science Fiction is now out, and that I had the chance to talk with her about it in this latest episode of the ReligionProf Podcast. I had the privilege of reading the manuscript prior to publication, and here\u2019s the endorsement that I provided: In\u00a0Personhood in Science Fiction, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":74010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14827],"tags":[443,616,2144,8953,8963,10500,11080],"class_list":["post-71784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-androids","tag-consciousness","tag-person","tag-personhood","tag-robots","tag-sentience"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>ReligionProf Podcast with Juli Gittinger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\ufeff I'm delighted that Juli Gittinger's book\u00a0Personhood and Science Fiction is now out, and that I had the chance to talk with her about it in this latest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/12\/religionprof-podcast-with-juli-gittinger.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ReligionProf Podcast with Juli Gittinger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\ufeff I'm delighted that Juli Gittinger's book\u00a0Personhood and Science Fiction is now out, and that I had the chance to talk with her about it in this latest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/12\/religionprof-podcast-with-juli-gittinger.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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