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Soul in Cyberspace - Douglas Groothuis. While many Christians are content with a superficial and pragmatic assessment of the new information technologies, Dr. Groothuis probes more deeply. He wisely recognizes the symbolic power of technology: machines don't just do things, they shape us by equipping our imaginations and language with powerful new images, metaphors, and assumptions. Topics...

One who aspires to understand the nature of the soul ought, then, to be an auditor of culture. The introduction of new technologies reflects previous philosophical trends, reinforces these trends in novel ways, and sparks the creation of new ideas and patterns of culture. Although technologies irradiate their cultural atmospheres in uncountable ways, the fallout is often difficult to discern unless we endeavor to bring the background into the foreground.
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