TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schuurman,Derek C.
TI  - Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology
SN  - 9780830884445
AV  - BR115.C65 -- S38 2013eb 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Westmont
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Computers-Religious aspects-Christianity
KW  - Technology-Religious aspects-Christianity
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- What Is Technology? -- Technology Is Not Neutral -- Technology and Technique -- What Is Computer Technology? -- Approaches to Computer Technology -- 2 Computer Technology and the Unfolding of Creation -- The Heavens Declare the Glory of God -- Implications of the Creation Story for Computer Technology -- The Problem of Reductionism -- A Creation with Many Aspects -- Creational Laws -- Artificial Intelligence -- Conclusion -- 3 Computer Technology and the Fall -- The Fall -- The Tower of Babel -- Technicism and Idolatry -- Technology as a Result of the Fall? -- Antinormative Technology -- Computer Bugs -- Conclusion -- 4 Redemption and Responsible Computer Technology -- Normative Principles for Technology -- Historical and Cultural Norms -- Lingual and Communication Norms -- Social Norms -- Economic Norms -- Aesthetic Norms -- Juridical Norms -- Ethical Norms -- Faith Norms -- Conclusion -- 5 Computer Technology and the Future -- Optimism in an Age of Technology -- Technology and Despair -- Continuation of Creation -- Conclusion -- 6 Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography -- Author and Subject Index -- Notes -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Computer Technology and the Unfolding of Creation -- 3: Computer Technology and the Fall -- 4: Redemption and Responsible Computer Technology -- 5: Computer Technology and the Future -- 6: Concluding Thoughts -- About the Author -- Endorsements
N2  - Building on the work of Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, as well as a wide range of Reformed thinkers, Derek Schuurman provides a brief theology of technology--rooted in the Reformed tradition and oriented around the grand themes of creation, fall, redemption and new creation
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