Course Modules Overview
Modules 1-3 Overview
In the upcoming three modules, you will explore traditional approaches to guidance, such as sacred text interpretation, spiritual leadership, contemplative practice, and community discernment. From there, the modules turn toward modern predictive technologies, including AI systems that claim spiritual insight, algorithm-driven recommendations, and the use of data to identify spiritual patterns, raising important questions about trust, authority, and responsibility.
What to Expect
Lecture-style Videos
In this first module, you’ll be invited to move through three lecture-style videos that introduce how spiritual guidance and authority have been understood across faith traditions, and how those understandings are being reshaped today.
Curated Readings
After the videos, you’ll engage with a set of curated readings that deepen these ideas through case studies drawn from different faith contexts, along with reflections on the financial and privacy implications of digital spiritual tools. New term? You can find definitions in the Key Technology Terms Glossary.
Reflection & Integration
The module concludes with a short reflection, offering space to pause and consider how these shifts might be showing up in your own community, context, or practice.
Now, move to the next topic where we invite you to watch the first video of the module.