Frankenstein and the Age of AI: Making, Being Made, and the Hope of Becoming Human Again

We are being formed every day — by what we love, what we attend to, and what we build. In a world shaped by smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence, Christian spiritual formation has become both more urgent and more complicated. Our devices are not just tools; they are shaping our attention, identity, and desire. The deeper question is no longer simply what we are making — but who we are becoming. Two hundred years after Mary Shelley imagined a scientist who built life without love, we find ourselves living her parable. Frankenstein and the Age of AI is a book about discipleship in a distracted age. It explores what happens when human creativity outruns wisdom — when the tools we make begin to remake us. Long before AI entered the conversation, our inventions were already shaping our souls. Now artificial intelligence presses the oldest human question with new urgency: What kind of people are we becoming? Drawing from Scripture, theology, philosophy, psychology, and cultural history, Kevin Boyd traces the biblical theme of making and being made — from Eden to Frankenstein’s laboratory to the glowing screens of the modern world. Like Victor Frankenstein, we stand between creation and responsibility: astonished by our power, unsettled by our loss of control, and quietly longing for wisdom, restraint, and grace. But this is not merely a warning about the digital age. It is an invitation to live faithfully within it. Through ancient practices, embodied spiritual disciplines, and renewed attention to God’s presence, readers are invited into Christian spiritual formation — learning to grow closer to Christ and become fully human in a world designed to fragment the soul. This is not a manual for rejecting technology. It is an invitation to remember who we are, what we are for, and how grace still meets the makers who have lost control of what they’ve made. This book is for you if… – You want to grow closer to God in a distracted world – You’re wrestling with how technology, social media, or AI is shaping your inner life – You care about Christian discipleship and spiritual formation in the digital age – You’re a pastor, parent, leader, or thoughtful believer seeking wisdom beyond fear or hype – You long to reclaim attention, identity, and desire in a fragmented world
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