While many Christians are content with a superficial and pragmatic assessment of the new information technologies, Dr. Groothuis probes more deeply. He wisely recognizes the symbolic power of technology: machines don't just do things, they shape us by equipping our imaginations and language with powerful new images, metaphors, and assumptions. Topics addressed include disembodied existence in a digital world, the future of the book, cybersex, technoshamanism, and others.
“Removing a television from a typical teenager’s room is not simply the subtraction of a piece of furniture; it alters the entire environment or ecology.” (source)
“The virtual Allison had taken up residence in the real Avram, thus destabilizing his real-life family” (source)
“One who aspires to understand the nature of the soul ought, then, to be an auditor of culture” (source)
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