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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Main Author: Stolow, Jeremy 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Fordham University Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Mechanization / Metaphilosophy
Further subjects:B Religion and science
B Collection of essays
B Medicine Religious aspects
B Technology - Religious aspects
B Technology Religious aspects
B Electronic books
B Technology Religious aspects
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0823250245