God and the chip : religion and the culture of technology /
Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unackno...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
[1999]
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| Series: | Editions SR ;
v. 24. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unacknowledged mysticism, an implicit religion. By not acknowledging this mysticism, we have become critically short of ethical and intellectual resources with which to understand and confront changes brought on by technology. |
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| Item Description: | Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic text (185 pages) :) : illustrations, digital fil |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780889205994 |