Human meaning in a technological culture: Religion in an age of technology

Willem B. Drees

doi:10.1111/1467-9744.00439

Human meaning in a technological culture: Religion in an age of technology

Willem B. Drees

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Technology raises important religious issues and not only moral ones. Given that technology is about transforming reality, these issues are different from the issues that arise in dialogues on religion and science that are primarily after understanding reality (e.g., cosmology, physics, and evolutionary biology). Technology is a multifaceted reality-not just hardware but also skills and organization, attitudes and culture. Technology has been appreciated as well as considered a threat but is best understood contextually and constructively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	597-604
Number of pages	8
Journal	Zygon
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9744.00439
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Culture
IRAS conference
Technology

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