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"Songs of the Soul"
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/science/stanzasofthesoul.shtml]
Contains two translations of the poem written by St. John of the Cross, a 16th century Spanish Carmelite monk.

Biblical Passages in Show
Read the full passages from Genesis 1, Job 38, and Psalm 139 that were mentioned during the program.

A Theological Perspective on Cloning
[http://www.speakingoffaith.org/programs/cloning/index.shtml]
A Speaking of Faith show in which Laurie Zoloth talks about the golem in Jewish thought.

"Do Androids Dream? M.I.T. Is Working on It"
[http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/annef/nyt-2.htm]
A conversation with Anne Foerst originally appearing in The New York Times (November 7, 2000).

MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
[http://www.ai.mit.edu/]
Features links to research papers and projects dedicated to discovering how the mind works, as well as images and video of Cog and Kismet.

Sermons by Lindon Eaves
Read two sermons presented at St. James's Episcopal Church — one centering on the question of meaning and the other focusing on the mystery of faith.

The Passionate Mind: Emotion, Cognition, and the Construction of Self
[http://www.scienceandliterature.org/]
A symposium held in October 2003 at the University of Utah exploring the connection of between the mind and how it works in conjunction with the body, the emotions, and the world around it.

"Stories We Tell: Where Robotics and Theology Meet" (requires RealPlayer)
[http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/broadcast/ramfiles/godsandrobots_1.ram]
First of two video webcasts, presented as part of the God and Robots lecture series that was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Religion and Columbia University, in which Anne Foerst examines questions about embodiment, social interaction, culture, and a new understanding of ritual.

"Are Our Bodies Our Selves?: Insights from Robotics" (requires RealPlayer)
[http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/broadcast/ramfiles/godsandrobots_2.ram]
Second of two video webcasts, presented as part of the God and Robots lecture series that was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Religion and Columbia University, in which Anne Foerst puts forth that the physical body and social interactions play the most important role in intelligence.

"Humans and Their Machines"
[http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2002/Apr/hour2_042602.html]
An April 2002 National Public Radio's Science Friday radio show in which host Ira Flatow discusses the relationship between humans and machines, and what it means to be human, with Rodney Brooks, Anne Foerst, and Richard Powers.