Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture : From Posthuman Back to Human.
Title:
Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture : From Posthuman Back to Human.
Author:
Waters, Brent.
ISBN:
9781472425805
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Series:
Ashgate Science and Religion Series
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 and Theological 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 Engagement -- 8 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.
Abstract:
We are living in an emerging technoculture. 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. Brent Waters argues that technology represents the principal cultural background against which contemporary Christian moral life is formed. 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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