Description
Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unacknowledged mysticism, an implicit religion. By not acknowledging this mysticism, we have become critically short of ethical and intellectual resources with which to understand and confront changes brought on by technology.
Awards
- Winner, Winner of the 1999 Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing 1999
Reviews
We live in a technological society....the machine and the culture of technology are part of our daily lives. But do we have to worship them?
- from the author's introduction
God and the Chip: Religion and Culture of Technology by William A. Stahl... uncovers the implicit religion of the computer and technology in a fascinating, interdisciplinary analysis. Stimulating for group and individual study.
- Janet Silman, The United Church Observer