Author: Michael Barnes

Essay

Stages of Thought: The Co-Evolution of Religious Thought and Science
ByEditor September 1, 2011January 3, 2014

Michael Horace Barnes, Stages of Thought: The Co-Evolution of Religious Thought and Science (Oxford University Press, 2000). Stages of Thought is a historical analysis of major stages of religious thought and science in cultures around the world, and then of the special developments in the West since the sixteenth century that led to…

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Review of David F. Nobles’ “The Religion of Technology”
ByEditor December 8, 1997January 3, 2014

Review of David F. Noble, The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention. NY: Knopf, 1997 Noble’s general claim is that religious visions have propelled an interest in technological achievements. I suspect that a more accurate reading would see a human interest in technology receiving a post factum justification by…

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