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Author Hawkin, David J

Title Christ and Modernity : Christian Self-Understanding in a Technological Age
Published Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (197 pages)
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE PHENOMENON OF CHRISTIANITY; Conclusion to Part I: Understanding the Phenomenon of Christianity; PART II: THE PHENOMENON OF MODERNITY; Conclusion to Part II: Understanding the Phenomenon of Modernity; PART III: CHRIST AND MODERNITY; Conclusion: Christian Self-Understanding in a Technological Age; NOTES; Bibliography; Index
Summary In this re-examination of the roots of the relationship between religion and science, David Hawkin focuses on the concept of autonomy as he explores the question: Is there continuity and compatibility between the autonomy that underlies Christian faith and the role of individual freedom in the technological age? What makes this work particularly valuable is Professor Hawkin's review of the theological, philosophical, political, psychological, and sociological works that have formed our ideas of the nature of both Christianity and modernity - Reimarus, Strauss, Schweitzer, and Bult
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Subject Christianity -- 20th century.
Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues.
Christianity
Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780889207899
0889207895