Faith Seeking Prompting: Reimagining Theological Education in the Era of Generative AI

ABSTRACT By juxtaposing Gutenberg's invention of movable type with today's generative‐AI “Gutenberg moment,” this article reimagines theological education in the age of AI. It surveys pioneering implementations of AI in theological education, most notably at Acadia Divinity College, and highlights a growing landscape of AI‐driven courses, chatbots, and classroom experimentation amid institutional caution. It then examines a most comprehensive policy discourse to date, Michael Hanegan and Chris Rosser's white paper, which urges seminaries to adopt a values‐based, human‐centered approach to AI integration through strategic governance, curricular redesign, and AI‐enabled theological libraries. This article argues that theological education can flourish when it adopts a cyborg partnership model, one that integrates institution‐level AI strategies with classroom‐level innovations. In doing so, seminaries can cultivate AI‐literate communities that do not replace but complement “faith seeking understanding” with a new paradigm of “faith seeking prompting.”