Robots and the Sacred in Science and Science Fiction: Theological Implications of Artificial Intelligence

In science-fiction literature and film, human beings simultaneously feel fear and allure in the presence of intelligent machines, an experience that approximates the numinous experience as described in 1917 by Rudolph Otto. Otto believed that two chief elements characterize the numinous experience:...

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Main Author: Geraci, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Zygon
Year: 2007, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 961-980
Further subjects:B Theology
B Philip K. Dick
B William Gibson
B Literature
B Film
B Artificial Intelligence
B Anne Foerst
B Isaac Asimov
B Religion
B Movies
B Robotics
B Science Fiction
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