As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates its 80th anniversary and the inclusion of 28 new Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) across 14 countries, bringing the total to 102 heritage systems in 29 nations, the occasion offers both pride and pause. While the GIAHS initiative recognizes the world’s most enduring farming traditions—from the Amalfi lemon terraces to the Pokkali rice fields of Kerala—millions of heritage farmers remain trapped in cycles of poverty and uncertainty.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes modern civilisation, it challenges every sacred tradition to rethink what it means to be human, moral, and divine. From Judaism to Hinduism, Christianity to Islam, Buddhism to Sikhism, and from tribal nature worship to Pentecostal revivals, faith communities face a critical choice: resist the algorithm or redeem it. This article explores how ancient religions can embrace AI as an ally of compassion and justice—and concludes with ten practical recommendations for religious leaders to ensure that AI remains the handmaid of modern religion.