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Title
Confronting technology
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Prior, Matthew T. (minister) (Author)
Subject
Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994
Technology--Religious aspects (LCSH)
Technology and civilization (LCSH)
Technology--Social aspects (LCSH)
Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994
Technology and civilization
Technology--Religious aspects
Technology--Social aspects
Language
English
Classification
DDC: 303.483 full
LCC: BT115.T42 P75 2020
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Content
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Summary
We are living through a digital revolution which already touches every area of life and will continue to shape the future in as yet unforeseen ways. Digital technologies are an ordinary part of daily life, and yet they also present an unprecedented challenge to Christians to articulate a biblical, theological framework to navigate times of rapid change. The work of the French theologian Jacques Ellul is a theological time-bomb primed for times like these. Accounts of Ellul's career often divide off his sociology and theology, but this books argues that Ellul conceived a single project of bringing technology into confrontation with the Word of God, tackling the phenomenon he named technique, the pursuit of maximal power and efficiency implicit in the technological enterprise, with a profound depth of biblical and ethical insight. Centering himself on the apocalypse or revelation of Jesus Christ in history, Ellul offers a monumental, timely (though far from flawless) contribution to contemporary ethical debates about the uses and abuses of technologies. His work blazes a trail that Christians and all concerned for the future would do well to follow, as we avoid both the naivety of "technological neutrality" and the dread of "technological determinism."--Back
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Not by sociology alone: the asymmetry of theology and sociology in the work of Jacques Ellul
Rupture: the Bible, the city, and techniques
Apocalypse then: the destruction of the powers and the recapitulaiton of all things
Apocalypse now: desacralization and reconciliation
The apocalypse of creation
Hearing the word: confronting technology, confronting Ellul
Conclusion.
Authorized Access Point
Prior, Matthew T. (minister) Confronting technology
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