Edukacja religijna w erze cyfrowej: kultura cyfrowa, sztuczna inteligencja i kontekst polski

Radosław Mazur

doi:10.21852/sem.1906

Published: 2026-11-09

Religious Education in the Digital Age: Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, and the Polish Context

Radosław Mazur

Seminare. Studies in Youth and Society

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https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1906

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This article examines how digital culture and artificial intelligence reshape the opportunities and challenges of contemporary religious education, with particular attention to the Polish context. The study adopts a conceptual and qualitative document-analysis approach, drawing on selected scholarly literature and Catholic Church documents concerning digital culture, artificial intelligence, catechesis, and education, pertaining to the 2025 Core Curriculum for the Teaching of Roman Catholic Religion in Poland. The analysis identifies the ambivalent educational impact of digital technologies: they can broaden access to information, support teaching processes, and provide new tools for teachers and learners, while also contributing to information overload, weakened interpersonal relationships, virtualisation, and difficulties in assessing the reliability of digital content. In response to these tensions, the principle of “limited trust” as a framework for religious education has been proposed. This approach combines openness to the educational potential of digital technologies with critical attention to their anthropological, relational, and formative limitations. The Polish case illustrates an emerging institutional recognition of AI as an educational tool, while also indicating the need for further reflection on its age-appropriate and pedagogically responsible use.

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artificial intelligence, religious education, catechesis, digital culture, Catholic education, digital pedagogy, Poland

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