Research behind the decisions.

Caring well for people starts with knowing what is true. These notes keep Scripture and tradition, empirical findings, technical semantics, legal obligations and our own design proposals distinct, each with its limits.

Practical takeaways

Choose evidence by the claim: usability, learning, clinical outcomes and spiritual formation require different support.
Read source review limits before treating a documented feature as an effective intervention.
Use scenarios to test the complete journey, including recovery and service responsibility.

Looking for a product recommendation? Start with a decision guide.

This research collection develops as new sources and app evidence are reviewed. Explore design questions discovered through app examples.

Bible reading and spiritual engagement

A framework of tasks and facets, reading research and passage-centred design hypotheses.

AI disclosure and content origin

Industry patterns, faith-specific labels and attribution across audio, chat, drafts and exports.

01 · Technical foundations

From Scripture data to tasks

Notes, references, poetry and editorial layers lead to interaction needs rather than one fixed component.

02 · Health and care

Sensitive conversations

Research findings, psychological frameworks and their limits in faith products.

03 · Regional legal research

Legal and data boundaries

Purpose, sensitive information, AI transparency, medical claims and accessibility.

02 · Health and care

When Scripture is used to harm

Passages used to silence, exclude or endanger people, who has named it, and what it means for design. A draft, waiting for review.

History

Waves of Bible and faith apps

From desktop Bible software to AI conversation: what each wave gave, what it carried in, and the formation-first strand alongside.

04 · Spiritual formation

Practice that forms, features that pressure

Disciplines, habit research, health findings and consent: supporting daily practice without guilt or performance.

04 · Research agenda

Digital Spiritual Formation

Actual reading habits, gamification, autonomy and the integration of further studies.

05 · Validation

Evaluate the whole experience

Test usability, grounding, memory, multi-turn behaviour and operational safeguards.

06 · Traceability

Growing source collection

What was reviewed, what remains inaccessible, and how references inform the cards.

Principles for spiritual apps

Ten commitments in five places, derived from the calling and connected to every pattern. A normative framework, distinct from empirical research.