About Cyborg Theology: Humans, Technology and God.
Type: Journal Article
Tags: Cyborgs, God, Human beings, Theological anthropology, Theology
Abstract
And so despite the seeming irrelevance of Eden and other theological narratives in a secular age, Midson advocates that "[we] cannot reject [them] because they are part of the rich tapestry of narratives that we draw on in making sense of ourselves and the world, where technologies are an inseparable (and imploded) part of both" (196). To this end, Midson rearticulates biblical narratives (e.g. the garden of Eden) through the symbolism of cyborg to arrive at a cyborg theology. Midson rejects the symbol of cyborgs as just physical beings (i.e., human-machine fusions), arguing instead that any being living in a complex, organo-cybernetic system is a cyborg.