God and the Chip

William A. Stahl is a professor of sociology at Luther College, University of Regina, who specializes not only in the sociology of religion but also in science, technology, and society, and who holds a degree in theology. He is a regional director for the Canadian Network on Science and Religion. Between 1989 and 1993 he was a senior researcher on an international, interdisciplinary team that developed a design model for computerizing the university system in India. His class on religion and the sciences won an award from the John Templeton Foundation's Science and Religion Course Program

``Stahl exhibits impressive intellectual breadth and depth in providing a provocative interdisciplinary critique of the mystique that is associated with technology generally and computers and communications technology specifically.'' -- Reginald W. Bibby, University of Lethbridge

• God and the Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology by William A. StahlIntroductionPart I: A Critique of the Technological MysticismChapter 1: Technological MysticismChapter 2: Prophets of the Third AgeChapter 3: The Masculine MachineChapter 4: Venerating the Black BoxChapter 5: Faust's BargainPart II: Redemptive TechnologyChapter 6: Two Philosophers and a MetallurgistChapter 7: Technology in the Good SocietyReferencesIndex