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Nathan Mladin

Nathan joined Theos in 2016. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from Queen’s University Belfast and is the author of several publications, including the Theos reports Data and Dignity: Why Privacy Matters in the Digital Age, Religious London: Faith in a Global City (with Paul Bickley), and ‘Forgive Us Our Debts’: lending and borrowing as if relationships matter (with Barbara Ridpath).

Techno–Nihilism and the Human Stakes of AI

What if the so–called “AI doomers” are right? Watch Nathan Mladin’s research seminar for The Faraday Institute. 10/03/2026

Artificial Intelligence

Valentine’s Against the Machine

Nathan Mladin unpacks the dangers of AI companions. Can love triumph over artificial intimacy this Valentine’s Day? 13/02/2026

Artificial Intelligence, Love

AI and All Souls Day

Nathan Mladin speaks on BBC Radio Ulster’s Everyday Ethics on AI and the Afterlife. 02/11/2025

Afterlife, Artificial Intelligence

Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot

Theos report ‘AI and the Afterlife’ quoted in The Guardian. 10/08/2025

Artificial Intelligence, Grief

AI and how not to become a transhumanist

Nathan Mladin explores how we are becoming increasingly enmeshed with technology. With rapid developments in AI, can we stay fully human? 28/05/2025

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Technology

How TikTok became a religious pulpit

Senior researcher, Nathan Mladin, was quoted in The Economist’s investigation of FaithTok. 06/02/25

Young Adults

What impact does AI have on faith?

Nathan Mladin features on the Ethics of AI panel at Bradford Literature Festival. 19/09/2024

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Virtual Defrocking: AI can only take your job if you let it

With the launch of the AI chatbot ‘Fr Justin’, Nathan Mladin asks questions about how we can harness AI while preserving human relationships. 26/04/24

Artificial Intelligence