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Dynamic Secularization : Information Technology and the Tension Between Religion and Science / by William Sims Bainbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bainbridge, William Sims, author.
- Series:
- Computer Science (Springer-11645)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computers and civilization.
- Data mining.
- Mass media.
- Communication.
- Religion and sociology.
- Computers and Society.
- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
- Media Sociology.
- Social Aspects of Religion.
- Local Subjects:
- Computers and Society.
- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
- Media Sociology.
- Social Aspects of Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VIII, 268 pages) : 27 illustrations, 25 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2017.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book discusses secularization, arguing that it may be more complex and significant than is generally recognized. Using a number of online exploration methods, the author provides insights into how religion may be changing, and how information technology might be energized in this process. Working from the premise that the relationship between science and religion is complex, the author demonstrates that while science has contradicted some specific religious beliefs, science itself may have been facilitated by beliefs formed many centuries ago. Science assists engineers in the development of powerful new technologies, and asserts that the universe is based on a set of fundamental principles that can be understood by humans through the assistance of mathematics. The challenging ideas discussed will benefit readers through sharing a variety of Internet-based research methods and cultural discoveries. The book provides a balance between quantitative methods, illustrated by 24 tables of statistics, and qualitative methods, illustrated by 30 screenshots of computer-generated virtual worlds. Analysis interweaves with description, creating a sense of involvement in the experience of exploring online realities at the same time as radical insights are shared. .
- Contents:
- Fragmentation: Online Evidence about Religious Innovation
- Humanization: The Crash or Reboot of Social Psychology
- Paganization: The Virtual Revival of a Cult Online
- Residualism: Online Survival of Rejected Religions
- Jediism: The Most Popular Online Virtual Religion
- Pessimism: Critiques of Religion and Technology in the Fallout Games
- Optimism: Religious Diversity in the WildStar Massively Multiplayer Online Game
- Transhumanism: An Online Network of Technoprogressive Quasi-Religions
- Transcendence: Virtual Artificial Intelligence.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-319-56502-6
- 9783319565026
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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