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Christian moral theology in the emerging technoculture : from posthuman back to human / Brent Waters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waters, Brent.
- Series:
- Ashgate Science and Religion Series
- Ashgate science and religion series
- Ashgate Science and Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian ethics.
- Theological anthropology--Christianity.
- Theological anthropology.
- Technology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values, and offers a framework for how Christian moral theology should be formed and lived-out within the emerging technoculture. Addressing contemporary ethical and religious issues, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars exploring the ideas of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Grant, Arendt, and Borgmann.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Philosophical Description and Critique; 1 The Philosophical Background of the Emerging Technoculture; 2 George Grant: Illuminating the Darkness as Darkness; 3 Hannah Arendt: Mortality and Natality; 4 Albert Borgmann: Devices and Desires; Part II Theological Construction; Philosophical Critique andTheological Construction; 5 Confession: Admitting the Darkness as Darkness; 6 Repentance: The Renewing Possibilities of Second Births; 7 Amendment of Life: Desiring the Good; Part III Moral Engagement
- Theological Construction and Moral Engagement8 The Translucent Self In an Age of Transparency: Parasitic Self-Fulfillment; 9 Creation into Nothing: Nihilistic Power; 10 Dissembling the Other: Consuming Predation; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-16672-8
- 1-315-57187-0
- 0-7546-6691-3
- 1-4724-2580-4
- 9781315571874
- OCLC:
- 866443643
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