Noreen Herzfeld

Professor of Theology and Computer Science at St. John’s University.  She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Penn State, an MA in Theology from St. John’s and a Ph.D. in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.  Herzfeld teaches courses in both the department of computer science and the department of theology at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict, primarily in Ethical and Religious Issues in Computing, Islamic Spiritual Traditions, and Religion and Conflict. 

Herzfeld is the author of In Our Image:  Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002) and Technology and Religion:  Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009).   She has also published numerous articles on such diverse topics as cyberspace as a venue for spiritual experience, embodiment as a sine qua non for personhood, the religious implications of computer games, and the prospects for reconciliation among Christians and Muslims in Bosnia.