Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things in Between
This interdisciplinary volume explores how two domains of human experience and action-religion and technology-are implicated in one another. Combining rich historical and ethnographic detail with extended theoretical reflection, Deus in Machina challenges longstanding assumptions about religion and/...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Mechanization
/ Metaphilosophy
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Collection of essays B Medicine Religious aspects B Technology - Religious aspects B Technology Religious aspects B Electronic books B Technology Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | This interdisciplinary volume explores how two domains of human experience and action-religion and technology-are implicated in one another. Combining rich historical and ethnographic detail with extended theoretical reflection, Deus in Machina challenges longstanding assumptions about religion and/as technology and outlines new directions of inquiry at the crossroads of religious studies, science and technology studies, communication studies, history, anthropology, and philosophy. Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Equipment -- Calendar, Clock, Tower -- Ticking Clock, Vibrating String -- The Electric Touch Machine Miracle Scam -- The Spiritual Nervous System -- Bio-Power -- An Empowered World -- Does Submission to God's Will Preclude Biotechnological Intervention? -- The Canary in the Gemeinschaft? -- (Re)Locating Religion in a Technological Age -- Thinking about Melville, Religion, and Machines That Think -- Amazing Stories -- Virtual Vodou, Actual Practice -- TV St. Claire -- Notes -- Contributers. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0823250245 |