Dynamic Secularization: Information Technology and the Tension Between Religion and Science
暫譯: 動態世俗化：資訊科技與宗教與科學之間的緊張關係
William Sims Bainbridge
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2017-05-22
- 售價: $4,200
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,990
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 268
- 裝訂: Hardcover
- ISBN: 331956501X
- ISBN-13: 9783319565019
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This book discusses secularization, arguing that it may be more complex and significant than is generally recognized. Using a number of online exploration methods, the author provides insights into how religion may be changing, and how information technology might be energized in this process.
Working from the premise that the relationship between science and religion is complex, the author demonstrates that while science has contradicted some specific religious beliefs, science itself may have been facilitated by beliefs formed many centuries ago. Science assists engineers in the development of powerful new technologies, and asserts that the universe is based on a set of fundamental principles that can be understood by humans through the assistance of mathematics.
The challenging ideas discussed will benefit readers through sharing a variety of Internet-based research methods and cultural discoveries. The book provides a balance between quantitative methods, illustrated by 24 tables of statistics, and qualitative methods, illustrated by 30 screenshots of computer-generated virtual worlds. Analysis interweaves with description, creating a sense of involvement in the experience of exploring online realities at the same time as radical insights are shared.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書探討世俗化，主張其可能比一般認為的更為複雜和重要。作者使用多種線上探索方法，提供有關宗教如何變化的見解，以及資訊科技在此過程中可能被激發的方式。
基於科學與宗教之間的關係是複雜的前提，作者展示了雖然科學與某些特定的宗教信仰相矛盾，但科學本身可能是受到幾世紀前形成的信仰所促進的。科學協助工程師開發強大的新技術，並主張宇宙是基於一組基本原則，這些原則可以通過數學的幫助被人類理解。
本書中討論的挑戰性觀點將通過分享各種基於網際網路的研究方法和文化發現來使讀者受益。書中在定量方法（以24個統計表格為例）和定性方法（以30個電腦生成虛擬世界的截圖為例）之間取得平衡。分析與描述交織在一起，創造出一種參與探索線上現實的體驗，同時分享激進的見解。
