{"product_id":"deus-in-machina-jeremy-stolow-9780823249800","title":"Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things in Between","description":"The essays in this volume explore how two domains of human experience and action--religion and technology--are implicated in each other. Contrary to commonsense understandings of both religion (as an \"otherworldly\" orientation) and technology (as the name for tools, techniques, and expert knowledges oriented to \"this\" world), the contributors to this volume challenge the grounds on which this division has been erected in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat sorts of things come to light when one allows religion and technology to mingle freely? In an effort to answer that question, \u003cem\u003eDeus in Machina \u003c\/em\u003eembarks upon an interdisciplinary voyage across diverse traditions and contexts where religion and technology meet: from the design of clocks in medieval Christian Europe, to the healing power of prayer in premodern Buddhist Japan, to 19th-century Spiritualist devices for communicating with the dead, to Islamic debates about kidney dialysis in contemporary Egypt, to the work of disability activists using documentary film to\u003cbr\u003ereimagine Jewish kinship, to the representation of Haitian Vodou on the Internet, among other case studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining rich historical and ethnographic detail with extended theoretical reflection, \u003cem\u003eDeus in Machina\u003c\/em\u003e outlines new directions for the study of religion and\/as technology that will resonate across the human sciences, including religious studies, science and technology studies, communication studies, history, anthropology, and philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Stolow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823249808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823249800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"Jeremy Stolow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059889107199,"sku":"9780823249800","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f719e4e-cf29-4419-b9a7-f74c8fdaeb65.jpg?v=1685060885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deus-in-machina-jeremy-stolow-9780823249800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}