At the annual Global Network for Digital Theology in June 2026, authors in the Oxford Handbook for Digital Theology shared insights about their chapters. The presentations and teaser videos can be used as teaching tools for classroom exploration. Here is the Teaser Video playlist on youtube. Here is the full Read more
A.I. companions increasingly replace human romantic, erotic, social, educational, therapeutic, and collegial relationships. Whether interpersonally or society-wide, we are ill-equipped to engage in moral discernment about the ethical implications of this shift. The turn to A.I. companions reveals fractured expectations, systemic pressures, and misaligned desires troubling human-to-human relationships misguided by Read more
Dr. Ott is one of the instructors in the following online course offering. “Tenderness and Refuge: Ministry with and for Young Adults” focuses on six prevailing themes from years of research with young adults yearning for faith community. These themes include a desire for This mini-course is beneficial for church Read more
2025 Tech Ethics Symposium, November 6-7, 2025, Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law. Dr. Ott presented in two different panels at this conference. Love in the time of Chatbots
From Curious Faith Media, a video series for parents ready to have a new kind of sex-talk. To subscribe to the series and hear from experts like, Dr. Kate Ott. https://www.curiousfaithmedia.com/sexual-integrity-conversations
Join host Dori Baker and co-host Alejandra Salemi on this podcast that centers the stories and lives of young adults. In each episode, we pair one change-maker over 30 with someone under 30 whom they mentor, befriend, or admire. The younger person tells a story, and we walk through a Read more
Sep. 18, 2024, 7 – 8:30pm Dr. Kate Ott will explore the intersections of faith, sex, and technology in the rapidly changing landscape of religious practices and ever-evolving societal upheavals of our time. Join us to learn more about how parents, caregivers, educators, and faith communities can support our youth, Read more
December 2023 “The ArchAndroid and her Kin: Cyborgs, Sexuality, and Justice-Love” at CORPO:REALITY – Body and Embodiment in AI and Robotics, 1–2 December 2023, Burkadushaus, Würzburg. For a review of the conference:
Featured podcast episode #53 on Reframing Our Stories with Kara Haug. This podcast provides sexual health education, resources and tools for families and communities to normalize conversations around sex and relationships, remove shame, and reframe our stories to promote openness, acceptance and a positive sense of self.
From Two On One Project “This album is centered and rooted around love. And no revolution, in my opinion, will last if we don’t speak out of love.”- Janelle Monáe on Dirty Computer Join us today as we discuss Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe with the incredible and incomparable Dr. Read more