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Dynamic secularization = information technology and the tension between religion and science /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Dynamic secularization/ by William Sims Bainbridge.
Reminder of title:	information technology and the tension between religion and science /
Author:	Bainbridge, William Sims.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	viii, 268 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Information technology - Religious aspects. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56502-6
ISBN:	9783319565026$q(electronic bk.)

Dynamic secularization = information technology and the tension between religion and science /
Bainbridge, William Sims.

Dynamic secularizationinformation technology and the tension between religion and science /[electronic resource] :by William Sims Bainbridge. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - viii, 268 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Fragmentation: Online Evidence about Religious Innovation -- Humanization: The Crash or Reboot of Social Psychology -- Paganization: The Virtual Revival of a Cult Online -- Residualism: Online Survival of Rejected Religions -- Jediism: The Most Popular Online Virtual Religion -- Pessimism: Critiques of Religion and Technology in the Fallout Games -- Optimism: Religious Diversity in the WildStar Massively Multiplayer Online Game -- Transhumanism: An Online Network of Technoprogressive Quasi-Religions -- Transcendence: Virtual Artificial Intelligence.

This book discusses secularization, arguing that it may be more complex and significant than is generally recognized. Using a number of online exploration methods, the author provides insights into how religion may be changing, and how information technology might be energized in this process. Working from the premise that the relationship between science and religion is complex, the author demonstrates that while science has contradicted some specific religious beliefs, science itself may have been facilitated by beliefs formed many centuries ago. Science assists engineers in the development of powerful new technologies, and asserts that the universe is based on a set of fundamental principles that can be understood by humans through the assistance of mathematics. The challenging ideas discussed will benefit readers through sharing a variety of Internet-based research methods and cultural discoveries. The book provides a balance between quantitative methods, illustrated by 24 tables of statistics, and qualitative methods, illustrated by 30 screenshots of computer-generated virtual worlds. Analysis interweaves with description, creating a sense of involvement in the experience of exploring online realities at the same time as radical insights are shared.

ISBN: 9783319565026$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-56502-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1143143
Information technology
--Religious aspects.

LC Class. No.: BL265.I54 / S567 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 201.6004

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