Thinking about God in an Age of Technology
Taking up the critique of theology found in the work of Heidegger, George Pattison argues for a model of thinking about God that would not be liable to the charge of "enframing" that Heidegger sees as characteristic of technological thinking. He constructs his case in relation to particular issues in bioethics, the place of theology in the university, the arts, and the contemporary experience of living in the city.
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Thinking about God in an Age of Technology
Taking up the critique of theology found in the work of Heidegger, George Pattison argues for a model of thinking about God that would not be liable to the charge of "enframing" that Heidegger sees as characteristic of technological thinking. He constructs his case in relation to particular issues in bioethics, the place of theology in the university, the arts, and the contemporary experience of living in the city.
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Thinking about God in an Age of Technology

Thinking about God in an Age of Technology

by George Pattison
Thinking about God in an Age of Technology

Thinking about God in an Age of Technology

by George Pattison

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Overview

Taking up the critique of theology found in the work of Heidegger, George Pattison argues for a model of thinking about God that would not be liable to the charge of "enframing" that Heidegger sees as characteristic of technological thinking. He constructs his case in relation to particular issues in bioethics, the place of theology in the university, the arts, and the contemporary experience of living in the city.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199279777
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 12/01/2005
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 9.40(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

George Pattison is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Technology's Question to Technology1. The Long Goodbye2. Theologies of Technology3. Heidegger and the Question Concerning Technology4. We are Free to Think about God5. Putting it into Words6. Seeing the Mystery7. From Thinking about God to Acting in the World8. Cyberversity or University? 9. The Religion of Art in an Age of Technology10. ConclusionPostscript: City of the Homeless
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