GOD VERSUS TECHNOLOGY? SCIENCE, SECULARITY, AND THE THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY

Alan G. Padgett; Alan G. Padgett

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00689.x

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GOD VERSUS TECHNOLOGY? SCIENCE, SECULARITY, AND THE THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY

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Abstract. In debate with John Caiazza, we clarify the meaning of the terms technology and secular, arguing that technology is not really secular. Only when combined with antireligious secularism do we get the modern techno‐secular worldview. Science is not secular in the strong sense, nor does its practice automatically lead to the techno‐secular. As a complete worldview, techno‐secularism is antireligious, but it also is dehumanizing and destructive of our environment. Religion may provide a transcendent source for a humanizing morality that might move technology in a more ecofriendly, humane direction. The alternative is not a happy one for our posthuman technological future.

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John Caiazza, ethics of technology, technology, secularism, Martin Heidegger, techno sapiens, worldview

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Padgett, A., (2005) “GOD VERSUS TECHNOLOGY? SCIENCE, SECULARITY, AND THE THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 40(3), 577–584. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00689.x

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Volume 40 • Issue 3 • September 2005

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Pages	577–584
Published on	2005-09-01

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