This Element brings work from the philosophy of technology into conversation with media, religion, culture studies, and work in digital religion studies to explore examples of how popular media and emerging technologies are increasingly framed and understood through a distinct range of spiritual myths, metaphors, images, and representations of God. Working with three case studies about how internet memes, popular films, and media coverage of public philosophy link ideas about God and technology, this Element draws attention to common conceptions that describe a perceived relationship between religion and technology today. It synthesizes these discussions and categories and presents them in four distinct models, showing a range of ways in which the relationship between God and technology is commonly depicted. The Element seeks to create a platform for scholarly study and critical discourse on technology's religious and spiritual representation in digital and emerging media cultures and contexts through this work.
By:
Heidi A. Campbell (Texas A&M University) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Weight: 135g ISBN:9781009287098 ISBN 10: 1009287095 Series:Elements in the Problems of God Pages: 84 Publication Date:21 August 2025 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
1. The presence and perception of God in a technological world; 2. Myths about God and technology in AI films; 3. Framing God through posthuman eyes; 4. Models for understanding the created relationship between God and technology; References.
