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April 22, 2026

How the Trump administration co‑opts pop culture and religion for political gain

Brent Keogh, University of Technology Sydney

From master Jedi, to a pope, to AI Jesus, Trump has a track record of using pop culture reference as propoganda.

Visitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen. Courtesy of the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne

December 4, 2024

AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

In the future, a program like AI Jesus could be used to hear confessions around the clock. But with no experience of having a human body, it cannot engage or absolve human sins.

Jesus images on social media promise divine rewards for today’s fast-paced age. TikTok

November 15, 2023

A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts

Brandon Dean, University of Iowa

A scholar of American religion explains how a new phenomenon of Jesus images on TikTok is tapping into the prosperity gospel, a Christian belief that God will reward faith with this-worldly comforts.

On AI Jesus’ Twitch channel, chatbot Jesus answers questions on personal and spiritual matters. Twitch user ask_jesus

August 1, 2023

A chatbot willing to take on questions of all kinds – from the serious to the comical – is the latest representation of Jesus for the AI age

Joseph L. Kimmel, Boston College

As a chatbot, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, Jesus is available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel, ‘ask_jesus.’

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