Nature and Technology in the World Religions

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Koslowski, P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:A Discourse of the World Religions
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Nature and Technology in the Religions
  • Humankind’s Relationship with Nature and Participation in the Process of Creation through Technology in the View of Judaism
  • The World as Creation and Creation as a Cosmotheandric Reality in Christianity
  • Humankind’s Relationship with Nature and Participation in the Process of Creation by Technology from an Islamic Point of View
  • Discussion of the Relationship to Nature and Technology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • The Process of the Deification of the Human Person and Technology in Eastern-Orthodox Christianity
  • Discussion of the Deification of the Human Person and the Role of Technology in Eastern-Orthodox Christianity
  • Naturalism and Humanism in Creation and Construction in Hinduism
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