THE DIGITAL GENERATION AND HYBRID FAITH: DESIGNING A HEALING PEDAGOGY FOR CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE POST-HUMANISTIC ERA

Abstract

The development of digital technology in the post-humanist era is shaping a new generation that lives at the intersection of biological and virtual realities. The digital generation does not merely use technology; rather, it constructs spiritual identity through interactions with algorithms, social media, and artificial intelligence. This phenomenon gives rise to a hybrid faith—a spirituality characterized by instant access, algorithmic relationships, and the potential for a crisis of spiritual depth. Unlike previous studies that tended to be normative-theological, this article emphasizes the psychosocial dimensions of the digital generation: identity crisis, digital anxiety, and spiritual desensitization. Using a qualitative-descriptive approach based on library research, this study proposes a framework of healing pedagogy for Christian Religious Education. This concept emphasizes spiritual digital literacy, relational communities, digital-based faith counseling, and the integration of psychosocial dimensions into the curriculum. The novelty of this research lies in the understanding of hybrid faith as a psychosocial-religious phenomenon that demands Christian Religious Education (CRE) to be not only adaptive to technology but also prophetic and therapeutic in addressing the faith crisis of the digital generation.