TREDT 2027
Theology, Religious Education,
and Digital Transformation
Authority, Knowledge, and Normative Interpretation
A scholarly response to digital transformation
Digital transformation represents a profound epistemological shift that fundamentally challenges established forms of religious education. In digital environments, religious knowledge circulates beyond institutional control — mediated by algorithms, platform logics, and fragmented publics.
TREDT 2027 brings together scholars from theology, religious education, sociology, and digital studies to critically examine these ambivalences and explore how religious authority, knowledge, and normative interpretation can be sustained in the digital age.
Seventeen lines of inquiry
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Erosion of Religious Authority
How decentralized digital participation destabilizes established forms of religious authority.
Fragmentation of Religious Knowledge
Online platforms enabling competing interpretations and challenging traditional hierarchies.
Algorithmic Shaping of Discourse
Platform logics influencing visibility, circulation, and epistemic power.
Radicalization Dynamics
How digital spaces amplify simplified narratives and contribute to polarization.
Religious Identity Formation
New forms of religious self-representation, belonging, and contestation.
Pedagogical Challenges
Knowledge production, learner agency, and depth vs. immediacy in digital environments.
AI and Digital Ethics
Bias, responsibility, and AI's role in interpretive authority for religious contexts.
Teachers and Authorities
Educators redefining roles amid digitally empowered learners.
Nine more topics
From fatwā practices to digital ʿulamāʾ, from taʾwīl to eco-theology — explore all seventeen themes.
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A six-institution collaboration
TREDT 2027 is jointly organized by leading academic institutions across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Submit your abstract by 15 September 2026
Be part of an international scholarly conversation on the future of religious knowledge, authority, and education in the digital age.