@article{ART003378895},
author={Hak Chol Kim and Hyongsang Ko},
title={Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2026},
number={65},
pages={11-38}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hak Chol Kim
AU - Hyongsang Ko
TI - Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 65
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 11
EP - 38
SN - 1229-8387
AB - This paper redefines theological writing in an era in which generative AI has transformed academic writing. Beyond asking whether AI may be used, it asks what writing theology now means. The crisis lies in the offloading of higher-order cognition (comparison, evaluation, and structuring) and the consequent erasure of the writing process. Writing is reconceived not as knowledge production but as a performative practice through which the theologian is formed, articulated as a cycle: appropriation passes external resources through one’s own thinking and grounds authorship; authorship is completed as theological utterance through responsibility; responsibility deepens appropriation. Prayer is not a fourth element but the performative ground of this cycle, locating the writer coram Deo. So understood, theological formation is distinguished from general scholarly formation by its locus before God, its passage through faith, and its ecclesial confession.
KW - Generative AI;Writing a Theological Paper;Authorship;Responsibility;Appropriation;Prayer;Self-Formation of the Theologian
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Hak Chol Kim and Hyongsang Ko. (2026). Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 65, 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim and Hyongsang Ko. 2026, "Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.65, pp.11-38.
Hak Chol Kim, Hyongsang Ko "Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 65 pp.11-38 (2026) : 11.
Hak Chol Kim, Hyongsang Ko. Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer. 2026; 65 : 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim and Hyongsang Ko. "Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.65(2026) : 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim; Hyongsang Ko. Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 65, 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim; Hyongsang Ko. Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2026; 65 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim, Hyongsang Ko. Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer. 2026; 65 : 11-38.
Hak Chol Kim and Hyongsang Ko. "Writing a Theological Paper in the Age of AI: Authorship, Responsibility, Appropriation, and Prayer" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.65(2026) : 11-38.
