Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the Work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio - A Nascent Theological Tradition (Hardcover)

This book examines biographical and textual connections between sociologist-theologian Jacques Ellul and philosopher-phenomenologist Paul Virilio. Through an examination of Ellul and Virilio's embeddedness in the socio-historical context of postwar France, the book identifies a relationship between these critics of technology which constitutes a nascent theological tradition. The author shows from various vantage points how Ellul and Virilio's nascent tradition exposes technology as modernity's primary idol; and, how it uses multiple disciplines-including history, sociology, philosophy, phenomenology, theology, and ethics-to resist the perilous consequences of the modern world's worship of power and the kinds of technologies this misdirected worship produces. Jacques Ellul's death in 1994 and Paul Virilio's death in 2018 may have prevented the maturation of this nascent theological tradition, but Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio aids this tradition's ripening through the presentation of an illuminating way to read these two unique, and at times quixotic, intellectuals.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	Michael Morelli
Dimensions:	228 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-79362-543-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Christianity
LSN:	1-79362-543-3
Barcode:	9781793625434

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