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Factors Impacting The Readiness, Acceptance, and Adoption of A.I.'s Involvement in Religious Education: Result Across Generations and Religious Orientation in Vietnam.
Tran, K.; Nguyen, T. Preliminary Research on the Social Attitudes toward the AI’s Involved Christian Education in Vietnam: Promoting AI Technology for Religious Education. Religions2021, 12, 208.
Tran, K.; Nguyen, T. Preliminary Research on the Social Attitudes toward the AI’s Involved Christian Education in Vietnam: Promoting AI Technology for Religious Education. Religions 2021, 12, 208.
Tran, K.; Nguyen, T. Preliminary Research on the Social Attitudes toward the AI’s Involved Christian Education in Vietnam: Promoting AI Technology for Religious Education. Religions2021, 12, 208.
Tran, K.; Nguyen, T. Preliminary Research on the Social Attitudes toward the AI’s Involved Christian Education in Vietnam: Promoting AI Technology for Religious Education. Religions 2021, 12, 208.
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence innovations, such as chatbots and specialized education suggestion tools, provide potential interactive and on-demand pedagogical engagement between non-Christians and Christians with Christianity. However, there is little empirical research on the readiness, acceptance, and adoption of A.I.'s involvement in religious education in a secular state, such as Vietnam. This research addresses the literature gap by providing an entrepreneurial analysis and customer perspectives on the ideas of A.I.'s involvement in religious education. Specifically, the study explores whether the Vietnamese across different ages and religious orientations accept and have enough skills to adopt A.I.'s religious education innovation. The interview sample is 32 participants, selected based on their religious orientation (Christians & Non-Christians) and age (Generation X, Generation Y & Generation Z). Most respondents are open to A.I. application in religious education except for the Church's personnel. However, only gen Z generations are fully prepared to adopt this innovation. Theoretically, the research customizes the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model into religious innovation context. Practically, this research acts as market research on the demand for A.I.'s religious innovation in Vietnam, an insight for future religious tech entrepreneurs.
Keywords
Age; Artificial intelligence; Christianity; Religious Orientation; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
Subject
Social Sciences, Anthropology
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