Nature and technology in the world religions / edited by Peter Koslowski.
Contributor(s): Koslowski, Peter
Material type: TextSeries: Discourse of the world religions: 3.Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: x, 155 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1402001886 (alk. paper); 1402000553 (set)Subject(s): Nature -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | Technology -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | Religion and scienceDDC classification: 291.2/4 LOC classification: BL65.N35 | N38 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BL65 .N35 N38 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902237011 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nature and technology in the religions / Peter Koslowski -- Humankind's relationship with nature and participation in the process of creation through technology in the view of Judaism / Micha Brumlik -- The world as creation and creation as a cosmotheandric reality in Christianity / Francis X. D'Sa -- Humankind's relationship with nature and participation in the process of creation by technology from an Islamic point of view / Asghar Ali Engineer -- Discussion of the relationship to nature and technology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- The process of the deification of the human person and technology in Eastern-Orthodox Christianity / Sergey Horuzhy -- Discussion of the deification of the human person and the role of technology in Eastern-Orthodox Christianity -- Naturalism and humanism in creation and construction in Hinduism / D.P. Chattopadhyaya -- Veneration of nature, use of nature, and self-improvement of humankind by technology in the Śramaṇa tradition (Buddhism and Jainism) / Shivram S. Antarkar -- Discussion of the relationship to nature and technology in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism -- An attempt to synthesise from a Hindu perspective the received view of creation, the relationship between humans and nature, and the role of technology / D.P. Chattopadhyaya -- Concluding discussion of the relationship to nature and the interpretation of technology in the world religions -- Conversation between the representatives of the world religions after the conclusion of the public discourse.