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Cyborg Theology

2017-10-30 Religion
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Book Synopsis Cyborg Theology by : Scott A. Midson

Download or read book Cyborg Theology written by Scott A. Midson. This book was released on 2017-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, Donna Haraway argued in her famous 1991 'Cyborg Manifesto' that people, since they are so often now detached and separated from nature, have themselves evolved into cyborgs. This striking idea has had considerable influence within critical theory, cultural studies and even science fiction (where it has surfaced, for example, in the Terminator films and in the Borg of the Star Trek franchise). But it is a notion that has had much less currency in theology. In his innovative new book, Scott Midson boldly argues that the deeper nuances of Haraway's and the cyborg idea can similarly rejuvenate theology, mythology and anthropology. Challenging the damaging anthropocentrism directed towards nature and the non-human in our society, the author reveals - through an imaginative reading of the myth of Eden - how it is now possible for humanity to be at one with the natural world even as it vigorously pursues novel, 'post-human', technologies.

Cyborg Theology

2017-10-30 Religion
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Release : 2017-10-30
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 955/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Cyborg Theology by : Scott A. Midson

Download or read book Cyborg Theology written by Scott A. Midson. This book was released on 2017-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, Donna Haraway argued in her famous 1991 'Cyborg Manifesto' that people, since they are so often now detached and separated from nature, have themselves evolved into cyborgs. This striking idea has had considerable influence within critical theory, cultural studies and even science fiction (where it has surfaced, for example, in the Terminator films and in the Borg of the Star Trek franchise). But it is a notion that has had much less currency in theology. In his innovative new book, Scott Midson boldly argues that the deeper nuances of Haraway's and the cyborg idea can similarly rejuvenate theology, mythology and anthropology. Challenging the damaging anthropocentrism directed towards nature and the non-human in our society, the author reveals - through an imaginative reading of the myth of Eden - how it is now possible for humanity to be at one with the natural world even as it vigorously pursues novel, 'post-human', technologies.

Cyborg Selves

2016-05-13 Religion
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Release : 2016-05-13
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 173/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Cyborg Selves by : Jeanine Thweatt-Bates

Download or read book Cyborg Selves written by Jeanine Thweatt-Bates. This book was released on 2016-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the 'posthuman'? Is becoming posthuman inevitable-something which will happen to us, or something we will do to ourselves? Why do some long for it, while others fearfully reject it? These questions underscore the fact that the posthuman is a name for the unknown future, and therefore, not a single idea but a jumble of competing visions - some of which may be exciting, some of which may be frightening, and which is which depends on who you are, and what you desire to be. This book aims to clarify current theological and philosophical dialogue on the posthuman by arguing that theologians must pay attention to which form of the posthuman they are engaging, and to demonstrate that a 'posthuman theology' is not only possible, but desirable, when the vision of the posthuman is one which coincides with a theological vision of the human.

Birth of a Dancing Star

2019-11-21 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2019-11-21
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Birth of a Dancing Star by : Delio, Ilia

Download or read book Birth of a Dancing Star written by Delio, Ilia . This book was released on 2019-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Avantgarde Art and Radical Material Theology

2020-10-04 Religion
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Release : 2020-10-04
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Book Synopsis Avantgarde Art and Radical Material Theology by : Petra Carlsson Redell

Download or read book Avantgarde Art and Radical Material Theology written by Petra Carlsson Redell. This book was released on 2020-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theological thought has long been focused on the meaning to be found in our existence, but it has tended to neglect what it might offer to those seeking how to prolong and improve our physical existence in this world. In conversation with twentieth-century materialist art and thought, this book presents a radical theology that engages directly with the political and ecological issues of our time. The book introduces a new thinker to the theological sphere, Russian avantgarde artist Liubov Popova (1889–1924). She was a woman acknowledged for her artistic and intellectual talent and yet is never discussed in relation to the twentieth-century thinkers with whom her ideas have obvious connections. Popova’s art and thought are discussed together with thinkers like Walter Benjamin, Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze and Paul Tillich, along with ecotheological and theopolitical perspectives. Inspired by the activist creativity of avantgarde art, the book’s final chapter, playfully yet with deadly seriousness, presents a manifesto for radical theology today. This is a work of theological activism that demonstrates the benefit of allowing new voices into the conversations around art, spirituality and our planet. As such, it will be of keen interest to academics in Theology, Religion and the Arts and the Philosophy of Religion.

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