April 4: “Engineered Outrage: How the Attention Economy Fosters the Conditions for Christian Nationalism” with Jeffrey Gang
(Dr. Gang will be a panelist on the April 11 Humanities Panel “Toward An Adventist Critique of Christian Nationalism,” as well)
Moderator: Bill Shull
10:30: Opening Prayer, Announcements Opening Liturgy
11:30 - Discussion
12:30 - Closing Liturgy
We will participate in an “Agape Feast” after class
Class website: www.sabbathseminars.org
Sabbath Morning 10:30-12:30
ZOOM CLASS CLICK HERE
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About Dr. Jeffrey Gang
Jeffrey Gang, DMin, is an Associate Professor of Practical Theology in the School of Religion at Loma Linda University, where he teaches on religion, spirituality, and health, whole-person care, and ethics across multiple health-professional programs. His work focuses on the intersection of Christian theology, healthcare, and emerging technologies, with particular attention to artificial intelligence, big data, and digital practices. Drawing on the theology and ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his research examines how data-driven technologies reshape moral responsibility, embodiment, and practices of care in healthcare and ecclesial contexts.
He is the author of “And an Algorithm Shall Lead Them? The Rise of AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Christian Hope” (Spectrum, 2022) and a contributing author to World Disrupted, World Revealed: Ecology and Theology in an Age of Pandemic (2024), with a chapter on artificial intelligence and ecotheology. He is co-editor of the forthcoming volume Prophetic Witness: Peace, Justice, and the Advent Message, in which he also contributes a chapter on human rights in the age of artificial intelligence. He delivered the 2026 G. Arthur Keough Lectureship at Washington Adventist University on AI and Christian anthropology and has presented his work at the Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies at Oxford University. He is currently developing a larger project on the data-driven church and the theological challenges posed by surveillance capitalism.
Past presentations: click on “archive” at our class website: www.sabbathseminars.org
Location: Room 3208, Centennial Complex
Loma Linda University
24760 Stewart St., Loma Linda, CA 92354
Parking is accessed from Campus Ave, north of Stewart St
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Sabbath Seminars
Room 3208
Centennial Complex of Loma Linda University Sabbath Morning 10:30-12:30
