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Power Failure

Christianity in the Culture of Technology

By: Albert Borgmann

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Paperback | 5 April 2012

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We live in a culture shaped and fueled by technology. Usually we equate access to technology with opportunity and the chance to pursue "the good life." Power Failure raises some crucial, if disconcerting, questions about technology: If technology liberates us, what kind of liberation does it promise? Are we prospering, and by what definition?
Albert Borgmann looks at the relationship between Christianity and technology by examining some of the "invisible" dangers of a technology-driven lifestyle. Specifically, he points out how utility and consumption have replaced connection to physical things and meaningful practices in everyday life. Power Failure calls us to redeem and restrain technology through simple Christian practices, including citizen-based decision making, shared meals, and daily Scripture reading.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Religion Religious Issues & Debates Religion & Science Science Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society History of Religion Christianity Philosophy of Religion

Introduction	p. 7
The Circumstances of the Culture of Technology
The Invisibility of Contemporary Culture	p. 11
The Moral Significance of Material Culture	p. 25
Communities of Celebration	p. 35
The Place of Christianity in the Culture of Technology
Contingency and Grace	p. 65
Power and Care	p. 81
Liberty, Festivity, and Poverty	p. 95
Courage and Fortitude	p. 109
The Culture of the Word and the Culture of the Table	p. 117
Notes	p. 129
Index	p. 139
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