# Spiritual Loop Project **Entity class:** Research project **Full title:** The Spiritual Loop Project: Assessing the Pastoral Potential of Machine Intelligence for Spiritual Progress **Period:** 2020–2023 ## Definition The **Spiritual Loop Project** was a $234,000 Templeton World Charity Foundation project led by [[wiki/William Storrar|William Storrar]] at the [[wiki/Center of Theological Inquiry|Center of Theological Inquiry]]. It asked whether machine intelligence could support spiritual progress, pastoral work, and religious community. ## Relationships - **project leader:** [[wiki/William Storrar|William Storrar]]. - **institution:** [[wiki/Center of Theological Inquiry|CTI]]. - **funding:** Templeton World Charity Foundation. - **documented ICE bridge:** Storrar served on the [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|ICE]] steering board. - **concepts:** machine intelligence, spiritual practice, pastoral care, personhood, and community. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Templeton World Charity Foundation — Spiritual Loop Project](https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/projects-resources/project-database/0492) - [CTI — Research Reports](https://www.ctinquiry.org/research-reports)