Religion & Communication

Investigating the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on contemporary human religiosity in the three fields of anthropology, value theory, and epistemology

Document Type : Scientific-Research Article

Authors

1 faculty of theology faculty of theology faculty of allameh tabatabai university faculty of theology , allameh tabatabai university, Tehran, I.R.Iran

2 Professor of theology faculty of allameh tabatabai university, Tehran, Tehran, I.R.Iran.

3 Professor of theology faculty of allameh tabatabai university, Tehran, I.R.Iran

4 Professor of theology faculty of allameh tabatabai university, Tehran, I.R.Iran.

10.30497/rc.2025.249183.2145

Abstract

This study explores the implications of the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) for Islamic theology, with a particular focus on anthropological, epistemological, and axiological dimensions. The research adopts a mixed‑methods design. In the quantitative strand, data were collected through a researcher‑made questionnaire, and in the qualitative strand, semi‑structured interviews were conducted with 30 scholars of Islamic theology and philosophy. Quantitative data were analyzed using appropriate inferential statistics to examine relationships and differences between key variables, while qualitative data were coded and organized into overarching themes. The findings indicate that AI, alongside expanding opportunities for religious education, access to sources, and new modes of understanding texts, raises fresh questions about the nature of the knowing subject, the locus of epistemic authority, and the status of ethical and religious values within the Islamic tradition. Participants acknowledge the considerable potential of AI but simultaneously stress the need to reconsider certain anthropological and epistemological assumptions and to formulate ethical and jurisprudential guidelines for the age of intelligent technologies. The main contribution of this study lies in its simultaneous focus on Islamic theology and its use of an integrated mixed‑methods approach, which combines empirical and conceptual analysis and may serve as a model for future interdisciplinary research at the intersection of religion and AI.

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Religion & Communication
Volume 32, Issue 2 - Serial Number 68
religion and communication
January 2026
Pages 789-820