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Availability:In StockContributor:Matthew T. PriorSeries:Princeton Theological Monograph #243Publish date:2020-03-16Pages:262
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pickwick PublicationsISBN-13:9781532671456ISBN-10:1532671458UPC:9781532671456Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Christian TheologyBook Topic:EthicsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCH90ARVWZ
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 book 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.""
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pickwick PublicationsISBN-13:9781532671456ISBN-10:1532671458UPC:9781532671456Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Christian TheologyBook Topic:EthicsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCH90ARVWZ
Matthew T. Prior is an ordained minister in the Church of England and is Tutor and Lecturer in Ethics at St. Mellitus College, London, UK. He has an academic background in French language and literature and is a member of the International Jacques Ellul Society. This is his first book.

Publisher: Pickwick Publications

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