Being Human in the Digital Age:
A Discussion with Antón Barba-Kay and Jared Ortiz

Friday, April 24, 2026
2 p.m. Central / 3 p.m. Eastern
Webinar

The dominance of technology in our lives and the precipitous rise of artificial intelligence in the last few years has raised profound questions. We are being asked to think more deeply about what it means to be human, how we should (and whether we can) live with our creations, and what kind of life we can share together. How should we understand these new technologies? How does our use of digital technology form us? Is it changing society in fundamental ways? How should we think about the religious aspirations and dimensions of this new technology?  In this webinar, professor of theology Jared Ortiz will interview philosopher Anton Barba-Kay about his new book, A Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation. 

Antón Barba-Kay is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law. He is also a Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Catholic University and Robert Aird Chair of Humanities at Deep Springs College. He is author of  A Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation. 

Jared Ortiz is professor of theology at Hope College and the executive director of the Saint Benedict Institute. He recently co-authored a book on the Nicene Creed and is currently writing a commentary on the Rule and Life of St. Benedict. 

This Lumen Christi event is being cosponsored by the COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, the Saint Benedict Institute, Fons Vitae at Duke Divinity School, the Kateri Institute, the Harvard Catholic Forum, and the St. Kateri Institute.