2027 Theme: “Discerning Faithful and Responsible Use of AI in Business”
The Christian Business Review (CBR) invites Christian scholars and practitioners to submit articles for publication in our next issue. The deadline for a first complete draft with a maximum 300 word abstract is March 1, 2027.
The CBR serves to promote the integration of biblical truth into leadership practice by showcasing experiences, research, and original thinking by Christian scholars and practitioners. In the upcoming issue, we invite authors to ruminate on the theme of “Discerning Faithful and Responsible Use of AI in Business.”
Accelerating advances in artificial intelligence are changing the way work is done, and the work that is done, across industries and for organizations both large and small. Yet there is more to business than productivity and competitiveness! Christians in business are call ed to steward the people, capital, and technologies entrusted to them, to use “God-given resources for the accomplishment of God-given goals.”
Jeff Van Duzer explains that the purposes of business are “(1) to produce goods and services that enable the community to flourish, and (2) to provide opportunities for meaningful work that will allow employees to express their God-given creativity.” If these are the goals given by God for businesspeople across times and cultures, then AI can provide new opportunities to accomplish both better; it can also divert capital and talent to purposes that are trivial, harmful, and perhaps even sinful.
Therefore, it is important for faithful Christian businesspeople to discern how to apply AI technologies in their workplaces as they face complex ethical, environmental, and vocational challenges.
Potential Topics and Questions
Authors can serve the readers of the Christian Business Review by considering the above challenges, and answering questions including but not limited to the following:
- How might AI use in small businesses contribute to the well-being of owners and employees, as well as to profitability?
- Can AI use in strategic planning enhance recognition of potential legal or ethical problems?
- What are the prospects and problems for AI enhancement of talent management?
- Can AI facilitate ethical consultative selling, whether in retail or business-to-business contexts?
- Are financial planning clients well-served by AI-augmented client service, and if so, in what for ms?
- Can AI responsibly raise the effectiveness of purchasing negotiators?
- Does AI use affect tax professionals’ abilities to uphold their responsibilities to their clients and to the tax system?
- What are some best practices in ensuring the privacy and wellbeing of customers who use AI bots?
Please submit your manuscript in accordance with the CBR publishers’ guidelines by emailing it to jason.stansbury@calvin.edu. Thank you for your interest.