personhood Archives - Dr. Dawn Lewis Sutherland

December 16, 2025December 19, 2025

IJES 2026 Conference at the University of Notre Dame: Panel Invitation on Simulated Speech and the Silence of Meaning

I was recently invited to speak on a panel for the International Jacques Ellul Society (IJES) at the organization’s 2026 conference (July 14-16) hosted at the University of Notre Dame. The conference brings together scholars engaging Ellul’s critique of … Learn More

December 10, 2025December 19, 2025

Democracy After Datafication: My Upcoming Presentation at the JIS Symposium 2026

American democracy will soon mark its 250th year, and the moment arrives with a question that cannot be avoided: What becomes of ordered liberty when the human person is recast as data?

I recently received an invitation to present at … Learn More

December 10, 2025December 19, 2025

Early Career Philosopher of Religion of the Year (2025): Award-Winning Paper on AI and the Ontological Limits of Humanity

I was awarded Early Career Philosopher of Religion of the Year (2025) by Tyndale Fellowship and InterVarsity Press.

The Academic Paper is titled Instrumental Inversion: Idolatry, Enframing, and the Ontological Limits of the Imago Dei (download by clicking … Learn More

September 29, 2025December 19, 2025

Literature Assessment on Technology, Identity, and Emerging Public Policy Frameworks

This presentation was developed as part of my second doctorate in law and public policy. The goal is to explore how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and transhumanism, are reshaping debates about personhood, human dignity, and governance. The video, linked … Learn More

July 7, 2025December 19, 2025

Tyndale Conference 2025 – From Babel to AI: Technology, Human Dignity, and Theological Ethics

Originally published and presented as the Tyndale Fellowship International Meeting in Derbyshire, UK on July 2, 2025. The abstract is provided below, and the full academic paper can be downloaded in PDF here: Tyndale Conference Paper 2025. I recorded … Learn More

May 1, 2025December 10, 2025

Worship and the Imago Dei: Safeguarding Humanity’s Purpose in an Age of Autonomy

Originally published and presented as the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) East Regional Meeting @ Liberty University on April 12, 2025. The full academic paper can be downloaded in PDF here: ETS East Academic Paper: Worship and the Imago Dei.… Learn More