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Nature and Technology in the World Religions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
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Nature and Technology in the World Religions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
Series: A Discourse of the World Religions, 3
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Technology and the control of nature have arisen from the endeavor
to reduce the neediness of human life. Since this reduction is also
the goal of religions, there is a necessary proximity between
religion and technology. The relationship of humans to nature and
technology is an object of religious doctrine and ethics in all of
the world's religions. The interpretations and the norms of the
treatment of nature in economy and technology, but also the
veneration of nature in nature-mysticism and its elevation in cult
and sacrament, are forms of expression of the relationship to
nature in religions. The development of the modern control of
nature through technology appears to be connected to the biblical
commission to rule over nature. Buddhism and Hinduism, however,
also interpret technology and human control of nature.
Technological power raises the question of how the normativeness of
the created order intended by religion's concept of creation
relates to the human freedom to reshape creation. What answers do
religions give to the question of the humane form of technology and
the limits to technological power and human control of nature?
Leading scholars of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and
Buddhism have created with this volume a first-hand source of
information which enables the reader to gain a better understanding
of these five world religions and their teachings on nature and
technology.
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