Digital Religion

My research focuses on how different religious and spiritual actors (organizations, groups, individuals, narratives, and symbols) use emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), robots, and digital platforms, in everyday religious and spiritual practices.

Religious Organizations

Cheong, P. H., & Liu, L. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence and collaboration: Exploring religious human-machine communication and tensions in leadership practices. Human-Machine Communication. 11, 171–190. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.11.9

Cheong, P. H., & Liu, L. (2025). Faithful Innovation: Negotiating Institutional Logics for AI Value Alignment Among Christian Churches in America. Religions, 16(3), 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16030302

Liu, L. (2021) Mediatization, digital space, online support: Exploring the transformational practices of the Swedish Church during the COVID-19 pandemic. In M. Dudžáková, M. Bílik, A. Telepčáková, & D. Cséfalvay (Eds.), The World After the Pandemic (pp. 13–23). Kritika & Kontext.