Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology by Borgmann, Albert

Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781587430589)

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Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology by Borgmann, Albert

Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology

$20.00
Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology by Borgmann, Albert

Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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We live in a culture shaped and fueled by technology. Usually we equate access to technology with opportunity and the chance to pursue "the good life." Power Failure raises some crucial, if disconcerting, questions about technology: If technology liberates us, what kind of liberation does it promise? Are we prospering, and by what definition?
Albert Borgmann looks at the relationship between Christianity and technology by examining some of the "invisible" dangers of a technology-driven lifestyle. Specifically, he points out how utility and consumption have replaced connection to physical things and meaningful practices in everyday life. Power Failure calls us to redeem and restrain technology through simple Christian practices, including citizen-based decision making, shared meals, and daily Scripture reading.

Author: Albert Borgmann
ISBN-10: 1587430584
ISBN-13: 9781587430589
Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2012
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.64w x 0.43d

Review Citation(s):
Christianity Today 07/01/2003 pg. 67
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 924
Choice 06/01/2007 pg. 1681
By Albert Borgmann
By Albert Borgmann
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Albert Borgmann is professor of philosophy at the University of Montana. His previous publications include Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, Crossing the Postmodern Divide, and Holding on to Reality.

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