About Shaping a Digital World
| Authors | Schuurman, Derek C. |
|---|---|
| Date | 2013 |
| Publisher | IVP Academic |
| URL | https://www.ivpress.com/shaping-a-digital-world |
| Language | en-US |
Type: Book
Tags: abstraction, Artificial intelligence, Christian perspective, computers, creation, cultural mandate, Culture, Dooyeweerd, Ellul, fall, Image of God, Information technology, McLuhan, modal aspects, Postman, redemption, reductionism, Reformational worldview, Religion, Scientism, shalom, technicism, Technology
Abstract
Schuurman provides a brief theology of technology, rooted in the Reformed tradition and oriented around the grand themes of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. He combines a concise, accessible style with penetrating cultural and theological analysis. Building on the work of Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, and drawing from a wide range of Reformed thinkers, Schuurman situates computer technology within the big picture of the biblical story. Schuurman guides the reader to see the digital world as part of God's good creation, fallen yet redeemable according to the law of God. Responsibly used, technology can become an integral part of God's shalom for the earth. [P]