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NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THEOLOGY
Author(s) -
Klink William H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1992.tb01010.x
Subject(s) - active listening , modern life , environmental ethics , epistemology , sociology , engineering ethics , philosophy , engineering , communication , modernity
. Modern technology presents new challenges and possibilities to the environment and life on earth. It is argued that ecology as the science of the earth as a whole cannot provide the means for making technical decisions pertaining to the environment. An alternative means is suggested in which modern technology provides the medium for communicating with nature, so that a dialogue, an intruding in and listening to nature, becomes the basis both for seeing modern technology in a new light and for living with modern technology in a new way. Some theological ramifications are also explored.