"A Curious Machine" by Ermakov, Arseny

"A Curious Machine" (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781666762600)

Vendor: Arseny Ermakov
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Format: Hardcover
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"A Curious Machine" by Ermakov, Arseny

"A Curious Machine"

$43.00
"A Curious Machine" by Ermakov, Arseny

"A Curious Machine"

$43.00
Format: Hardcover
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In his sermon ""What Is Man?,"" John Wesley spoke of the human being as a ""curious machine,"" reflecting the eighteenth-century view of the person as a set of complex mechanisms animated by the soul. The rapid rate of technological development in recent decades is opening toward a future in which the centrality and uniqueness of human beings is undergoing a shift. Developments in robotics, artificial intelligence, surveillance, autonomous weapons, human enhancement, and genetic modification raise an array of questions for the Christian tradition. The awareness of the negative impact of human activity on the natural environment is challenging the traditional view of humanity as having a uniquely privileged role at the heart of creation. This collection of essays addresses Wesleyan and broadly Christian voices that explore the theological, philosophical, biblical, ethical, and practical implications of emerging technologies, their impact upon different aspects of human life, and the possibilities that are opening up toward a posthuman future.

Author: Arseny Ermakov
ISBN-10: 1666762601
ISBN-13: 9781666762600
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2023
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Arseny Ermakov
By Arseny Ermakov
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Arseny Ermakov is senior lecturer in biblical studies at Eva Burrows College within the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia. He is the coauthor, with Robert S. Snow, of The Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition (2019) and coeditor, with Andrew Brower Latz, of Purity: Essays in Bible and Theology (2014).



Glen O'Brien is research coordinator at Eva Burrows College, within the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia. He is the chair of examiners in the University of Divinity, and the author of John Wesley's Political World (2022), Wesleyan-Holiness Churches in Australia (2018), as well as coeditor with Hilary Carey of Methodism in Australia: A History (2015).

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