Crisis of Transcendence: A Theology of Digital Art and Culture. By J. Sage Elwell
It is a staple of the academic monograph to claim that one’s project is timely and essential, the resolution to some critical dilemma that the author in question most likely invented. In the face of this tendency, it is refreshing to read a work such as J. Sage Elwell’s Crisis of Transcendence, whic...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Literature and theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 252-253 |
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Book review
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| Summary: | It is a staple of the academic monograph to claim that one’s project is timely and essential, the resolution to some critical dilemma that the author in question most likely invented. In the face of this tendency, it is refreshing to read a work such as J. Sage Elwell’s Crisis of Transcendence, which identifies a real and legitimate issue which needs urgent but careful untangling. Elwell comes to the point quickly: ‘this book asks a single significant question: What can the digital arts tell us about how technology is impacting the moral and spiritual identity of contemporary culture?’ (p. xi). Elwell’s response to this dilemma is equally promising: ‘I suggest that the digital arts disclose a mounting crisis of transcendence lurking in the depths of our culture today’ (p. xi). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frs038 |