<$BlogRSDUrl$> Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
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Sunday, March 13, 2005  

Technology and Religion

1) PBS: Can Religion Withstand Technology?
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/explore/show_14.html
2) Institute for the Future Blog: Emerging Technologies and Their Social
Implications

http://blogger.iftf.org/Future/000510.html
3) Cybertheology
http://www.cybertheology.net/
4) National Faculty Leadership Conference: Theology/Technology
http://esoptron.umd.edu/theo_techno/
5) TechNewsWorld: Technology and Religion
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/33078.html
6) Wired: on Muslims and technology
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66305,00.html
7) Cornells Minister of Technology
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/02/issue/forward_cornell.asp?trk=nl
8) Readings in Faith and Science
http://itest.slu.edu/theologicalview/readings2/index.html

This issue of Topic in Depth explores the relationship between technology and religion in today's world. This first website, from PBS, features interviews with "a skeptic, a devout Muslim scientist, and an expert in the sociology of religion" who address the question, Can Religion Withstand Technology? (1). This blog from the Institute for the Future discusses how religion is making use of technology (2). One way that religion and technology interact, of course, is through the use of the Internet in communicating religious ideas, as is evidenced by this collection of websites listed on cybertheology (3 ), which also offers a number of articles on theology and technology. This next website from researcher at the University of Maryland (4) is "dedicated to illustrations of the trends to refer to and use metaphors from technology in conveying fundamental ideas in theology" and presents some of the data collected so far as part of this research project. In this article from TechNewsWorld (5), an associate deputy of interfaith relations for the Episcopal Church discusses his views on "the future of religion and technology -- and what he views as their joint role in the survival of humanity." Wired offers this perspective on how technology has impacted Islamic traditions (6). W. Kent Fuchs, Dean of Cornell University's College of Engineering, discusses the ways that religion and technology can help each other in this short article (7 ). Finally, this website (8) offers a large selection of articles specifically addressing Faith and Science from the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science & Technology. This will be added to Theology Resources Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog. [ From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright
Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

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