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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York
Fordham University Press
2012
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| Dans: | Année: 2012 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Religion
/ Technicisation
/ Métaphilosophie
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religion and science
B Medicine Religious aspects B Technology - Religious aspects B Technology Religious aspects B Electronic books B Recueil d'articles B Technology Religious aspects |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Print version: Deus in machina: |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0823250245 |