Prayer and AI: Exploring the Impact on Orthodox Romanian Youth in a Confessional High School Context

The study’s main objective is to identify and analyze the attitude toward prayer of teenagers in a denominational school in Romania and the need to use AI-assisted tools. To find a satisfactory answer, we considered it necessary to identify how they pray, i.e., freely or by calling on the prayer boo...

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Main Author: Vidican-Manci, Liviu L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B youth orthodox
B Artificial Intelligence
B digital tools
B Romanian Orthodox Church
B Prayer
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