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Returning to Reality (Hardcover): Phillip M Thompson Returning to Reality (Hardcover)
Phillip M Thompson
R927 R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Save R169 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lights in the Darkness (Hardcover): Phillip M Thompson Lights in the Darkness (Hardcover)
Phillip M Thompson
R1,144 R923 Discovery Miles 9 230 Save R221 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Between Science and Religion - The Engagement of Catholic Intellectuals with Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century... Between Science and Religion - The Engagement of Catholic Intellectuals with Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New)
Phillip M Thompson
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In exploring the role of Catholic intellectuals in engaging science and technology in the twentieth century, this book initially provides a background context for this evolution by examining the Modernism crisis in the first chapter. In order to unpack the subsequent evolution, Thompson then concentrates in separate chapters on the distinctive contributions of four specific Catholic intellectuals, Jacques Maritain (1882 1973), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 1955), Bernard Lonergan (1904 1984), and Thomas Merton (1915 1968). All of these intellectuals experienced some degree of official restraint in their efforts but through their distinctive intellectual trajectories, they contributed to a different engagement of the Church with science and technology. In the final chapters, the book first reviews the changes within the institutional Church in the twentieth century toward science and technology. Finally, it then applies some key ideals of the four intellectuals to anneal and extend John Paul II's approach of "critical openness" to suggest how the Church can now engage science and technology."

Returning to Reality - Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological Age (Paperback): Phillip M Thompson Returning to Reality - Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological Age (Paperback)
Phillip M Thompson
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

We are becoming a nation of superficial and distracted consumers of instant messages and images, a state of being which does not aid engagement in religious and other deep commitments that require a sustained level of reflection and contemplation. In his thought-provoking work, Phillip M. Thompson analyses the shadow elements of technology - nuclear armaments, the bio-engineering of humans, and the distancing of humanity from the natural world - through the fascinating insights of the spiritual writer and monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968). Merton's work offers an important critique and healing resource for contemporary, technology-saturated culture through constructive recommendations which include a balanced approach to work, the careful management of technology, and an appreciation of the recuperative aspects of nature. While understanding the positive influences of technology, Merton urges us not be naively optimistic about its benefits, but to consider the threat it poses to a life of humanity and spiritual connection. A consideration of the profound issues discussed in this book will interest any reader concerned with the intersection between spirituality and technology, and how to maintain spiritual integrity in a technological world.

Lights in the Darkness (Paperback): Phillip M Thompson Lights in the Darkness (Paperback)
Phillip M Thompson
R670 R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Save R113 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Returning to Reality - Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological World (Paperback): Phillip M Thompson Returning to Reality - Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological World (Paperback)
Phillip M Thompson
R501 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R86 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Synopsis: This book synthesizes the diverse reflections on technology by monk and spiritual writer Thomas Merton to develop a compelling contemplative critique of the threats and challenges of nuclear war, communication technologies, and biotechnologies that may alter what it means to be human. At the core of his critique, Merton opposes a technological mentality that favors processes of efficiency and utility at the expense of our ultimate purpose, a quest for the wisdom to guide us to the divine source of our being and reality. To counter this modern idolatry, Merton's insights offer a path of reflection, balance, and community. More specifically, Merton offers some constructive approaches and healing possibilities through a balanced approach to work, a careful and intentional managing of technology, and an accessing of the recuperative dimensions of nature. In its conclusion the book brings the insights of these chapters together for a final reflection on how to maintain our humanity and our spiritual integrity in a technological world. Endorsements: "Thompson has provided the kind of public model of Merton scholarship we need: the application of wisdom in a critique of the contemporary. What better place to start than with the insinuation of technology in every dimension of human life. . . . Thompson has helped make Merton's contemplative perspective more available for us to see with, and to see as deeply." --Gray Matthews, University of Memphis "This is an important and helpful book. Thompson has gathered Thomas Merton's scattered remarks on technology into a coherent account of critique and counsel. . . . To see Merton's often casual, sometimes mordant, and insightful critique of technology switch so easily into the lyrical evocation of sacred simplicity and serenity is an inspiring experience, and we're in Thompson's debt for having given Merton's voice this backdrop and resonance." --Albert Borgmann, University of Montana

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