By Chainarong Monthienvichienchai
THAILAND – The 15th International Roundtable on “The Media and Religion & Spirituality in Asia” concluded on Nov 2, 2025, after two days of intense discussion at Payap University in northern Thailand.
The event brought together dozens of scholars and participants from a diverse range of institutions across Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
Organized by the Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (ARC) in partnership with the Department of Peace Studies, International College, Payap University, the roundtable focused on the profound impact of artificial intelligence and digital technology on faith, communication, and human morality.
Screen as both temple and classroom
In his welcome, Rev Dr Kenneth Dobson of Payap University highlighted the conference’s timely focus on how AI and digital technology are “emerging issues” that “impact not only how we communicate and how we learn.”
Fr Anthony Le Duc, SVD, Executive Director of ARC, described the partnership as a symbol of the conference’s essence: “the meeting of faith and dialogue, tradition and innovation, research and lived experience.”
Fr Le Duc emphasized that the boundary between the sacred and the digital is now blurred, where “the screen has become both temple and classroom, a site for devotion, dissent, and discovery.”
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