MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN FUTURE
A CHRISTIAN APPRAISAL
CRAIG M. GAY
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Names: Gay, Craig M., author.
Title: Modern technology and the Human Future: A Christian appraisal / Craig M. Gay.
Description: Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2018. | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018038710 (print) | LCCN 2018046469 (ebook) | ISBN 9780830873845 (eBook) | ISBN 9780830852208 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Theological anthropology--Christianity. | Technology--Religious aspects--Christianity. | Incarnation. | Forecasting.
Classification: LCC BT702 (ebook) | LCC BT702 .G39 2018 (print) | DDC 261.5/6--dc23
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For Andrew, Casey, Elsa, Owen, and Nicholas
When God lets himself be born and become [a human being], this is not an idle caprice, some fancy he hits upon just to be doing something, perhaps to put an end to the boredom that has brashly been said must be involved in being God—it is not in order to have an adventure. No, when God does this, then this fact is the earnestness of existence.
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness unto Death
1 Machine Technology and Human Being
2 The Momentum and Inertia of Modern Technological Development
4 Remembering Where We Are and Who We Are
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About Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian AppraisalTechnology is not neutral. From the plow to the printing press, technology has always shaped human life and informed our understanding of what it means to be human. And advances in modern technology, from computers to smartphones, have yielded tremendous benefits. But do these developments actually encourage human flourishing? Craig Gay raises concerns about the theological implications of modern technologies and of philosophical movements such as transhumanism. In response, he turns to a classical affirmation of the Christian faith: Jesus Christ, the eternal Word of God, took on human flesh. By exploring the doctrine of the incarnation and what it means for our embodiment, Gay offers a course correction to the path of modern technology without asking us to unplug completely. Gay demonstrates that the doctrine of the incarnation is not neutral either. It presents us an alternative vision for the future of humanity. |
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