Religion And Technology in the 21st Century: Faith in the E-world,9781591407140

Religion And Technology in the 21st Century: Faith in the E-world

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ISBN13: 9781591407140
ISBN10: 1591407141
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-05-01
Publisher(s): Igi Global
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Summary

"This book examines the unique synergy between religion and technology, and explores the many ways that technology is shaping religious expression, as well as ways that religion is coming to influence technology"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preface vi
Technology and Religion
1(21)
Introduction
1(2)
Defining Technology
3(4)
Why Technology and Not Science?
7(5)
Defining Religion
12(5)
Why Technology and Religion?
17(5)
The Philosophy of Technology
22(20)
Introduction
22(2)
What is the Problem: Technological Determinism
24(4)
Approaches to ``The Technological Problem''
28(5)
Technology and Identity
33(9)
21st Century Technologies
42(22)
Introduction
42(2)
Information and Communication Technologies
44(2)
Artificial Intelligence
46(6)
Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence
52(3)
Virtual Al
55(9)
Future Directions and the Challenges
64(18)
Introduction
64(2)
The Penetration of Al Technologies in Society
66(7)
The Relational Machine
73(3)
Mind Where You're Going
76(6)
The Techno-Religious Age
82(24)
Introduction
82(2)
The Search Beyond Google™
84(3)
Mutual Transcendence
87(3)
World Religions
90(6)
Technology for Religion
96(10)
21st Century Christianity
106(23)
Introduction
106(2)
Christendom: The Ultimate Defiance?
108(5)
Failures of Christianity
113(6)
What is Church?
119(10)
Church and the Internet
129(26)
Introduction
129(2)
Examples of ``Internet and Church''
131(11)
Function of the Internet and Church
142(5)
Typologies for Internet Entities and Church
147(8)
Christian Community: Real and Virtual
155(24)
Introduction
155(2)
Real and Virtual Christian Communities
157(9)
Interactive Life
166(6)
The Question of Presence
172(7)
The Theology of Technology
179(21)
Introduction
179(2)
Theology and Cybertheology
181(6)
Moral Machines or People?
187(4)
Artificial Identity: The Image of God
191(9)
The Philosophy of Al
200(21)
Introduction
200(2)
What is Computation?
202(5)
Computationalism: Can a Machine Think?
207(6)
People, Machines, and the Non-Algorithmic
213(8)
Principle-Based Engineering
221(24)
Introduction
221(2)
Constraint-Based Computation
223(6)
Situated Computation
229(7)
Constraint Systems and Evolutionary Systems
236(9)
Beyond Culture
245(11)
Introduction
245(1)
A Transcultural World
246(5)
Without a Technology and Religion Synergy
251(5)
Glossary 256(4)
About the Author 260(1)
Index 261

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