Annex — manuscript V0.5
The Divine Spark in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Reaffirming Imago Dei in a Post-Human World
Author: Grégory Murer
Degree: Doctor of Theology, Technology, and Digital Culture
Institution: Validation in progress
Status: Manuscript V0.5
This thesis examines what remains of the Imago Dei doctrine when cognitive performance ceases to be a reliable criterion distinguishing humans from their artefacts. It crosses the 2026 technical landscape, biblical and historical foundations, limits of simulation, analogues (golem and others), post-humanist challenges, and ethical, pastoral and governance implications.
Contents (overview)
- Introduction — the human question in the age of AI
- Technical landscape of artificial intelligence (2026)
- Imago Dei — biblical, historical and systematic foundations
- The Divine Spark — soul, consciousness, limits of simulation
- Golem, analogues and the status of the artefact
- AI and the challenge to human uniqueness
- Ethical and pastoral implications
- Reaffirming Imago Dei — constructive theology
- Conclusion and outlook
The manuscript body is written in French; chapter titles keep their English wording.