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Technology, Religion Trust A T G C C G T T A G A C C A T G C C G T T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G G T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C C G T T A G A A C A T G C C G T T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C C G T T A T G A C A T G C C G T T A G A C C hat doesG it meanT to beT human A in a worldG of technology?C G G A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G WhatA could beC the roleA of religionT in Gresponding C to theC G T and Religion Technology, Trust, C C T G A C A T G C C G T T A G A ecologicalC crisis?C ShouldG we beT concerned T aboutA the geG- C G T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C C G A C C T G A C A T G C C netic modification of food, and even of ourselves? Who G A C C T G A C G T T A G G T T A G A C C G T T A G Wdo we trust to make decisions regarding our common future? What do C A C C T G A G A C A T G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C A weC use ourC technology T for?G These areA not questionsA C for expertsC only.G T T C C G T T A G A C C G T T A A HowC can theC wider publicT beG involved? A Do expertsC andT the generalG publicA C A A G C G G A C C T G A C A T A trustC eachC other sufficiently?T G Or isA the publicA ignorant,G in Athe eyesC of C G T G C C G T T A G A C C G T A theC scientists? C AndT are tooG many engineersA A narrow Cminded, C according T G A T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A toC the generalC public?T TheG contributors A to Tthis timelyT and Anecessary G A C C A T Technology,G C C G T T A G A C C A volumeC addressC expertise,T Gtrust, andA engagement,G asG we considerA ourC C T C G T T A G C G G A C C T G A technologicalC C condition,T religiousG resourcesA C for theG ecological T crisis,T A G G A C A T G C C G T T A G A A C C T G A G C G G A C A C Trust,C G T T and A G C G G A C biotechnology, and matters of trust between scientists and the general C A C C T G A G C C G T T C T G A C A T G C C G T T public. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, includ- A A C C T G A T A G C G G A G A C C G T T A G C G G ing Bronislaw Szerszynski from Lancaster (UK) and James Miller from Roles of Religion A A C C T G A A T G C C G A C C T G A C A T G C C G T A Queen’sC University,C T Canada, G and youngerA Gscholars T from theT NetherA- G C T T A Religions G A inC ControversiesC G T T A G C lands, Belgium, the UK, Canada and the USA, this book will captivate a G A C C T G A A C A T G C Edited by Willem B. Drees G G A C C T G A C A T G C C A rangeC of readersC interestedT G in cultural,A social,C and spiritualC Gaspects Tof T A C G onT EcologyT A andG theA ModificationC C G T T A G A ourC technological C age.T G A T G A C A T G C G G A C C T G A C A T G A C C T G A G A C C G T G C C G ofT LifeT EditedA G byA C C G T T A WillemC B. CDrees holdsT the chairG in philosophyA C of religionC andT ethics Gat A C T A G C G WillemG A B.C DreesC T G A C A A C C T G A T A G A C C A T G C C G T T A G A C C Leiden University. As of 2009 he has become editor-in-chief of Zygon: G A C C T G A G A C C T G G T T A G C G G A C C T G Journal of Religion and Science. A A C C T G A G T T A G A A C A T G C C G T T A G A C A C C T G A C G G A C C C C G T T A G C G G A C C T A LUPC ACADEMICC T G A C C G T T A T G A C A T G C C G T T A G A C C T G A A G C G G A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C A C C T G A T G C C G T C C T G A C A T G C C G T T A C C T G A T T A G C G T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C C G A C C T G A C A T G C C G A C C T G A C G T T A G G T T A G A C C G T T A G C A C C T G A G A C A T G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C A C C T G A A C C G T T C C G T T A G A C C G T T A G C9 789087 G 28059G 8 A C C T G A C A A G C G G A C C T G A C A T G C C G T G A C A T G C T G C C G T G A C A T G C C G T T A G A C C G T T A C G T T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G A C A T LUP G C G G leiden A universityC C T pressG A C A T G C C G T T A G A C C G T G C C G T T A G A C C G T T A G C G G A C C T G T T T A G C G G A C C T G T T technology, trust, and religion Cover design: Maedium, Utrecht Lay out: V-3 Services, Baarn isbn 978 90 8728 059 8 e-isbn 978 90 4850 792 4 nur 706 © W.B. Drees / Leiden University Press, 2009 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the authors of the book. Technology, Trust, and Religion Roles of Religions in Controversies on Ecology and the Modification of Life Edited by Willem B. Drees Table of Contents Preface and acknowledgements 7 Willem B. Drees Technology, Trust, and Religion 9 Part One – Our Technological Human Condition 1 Bronislaw Szerszynski The Religious Roots of Our Technological Condition 25 2 Taede A. Smedes Technology and What It Means to Be Human 41 3 Karen Pärna Technophilia: Internet as a Vessel of Contemporary Religiosity 55 Part Two – Religious Resources for the Ecological Crisis 4 Tony Watling Re-Imagining the Human-Environment Relationship via Religious Traditions and New Scientific Cosmologies 77 5 James Miller Religion, Nature, and Modernization in China 107 6 Francis Kadaplackal In Search of an Adequate Christian Anthropology 123 7 Forrest Clingerman Seeking the Depth of Nature in a Scientific World 141 Part Three – Morality and the Modification of Life 8 Frank Kupper The Value Lab: Deliberation on Animal Values in the Animal Biotechnology Debate 159 9 Michiel van Well ‘Not by Bread Alone’ – Religion in a Dutch Public Debate on GM Food 179 10 Peter Derkx Substantial Life Extension and Meanings of Life 197 11 Annika den Dikken Enhancement Technologies: An Opportunity to Care? 221 Part Four – A Matter of Argument or of Trust? 12 Patrick Loobuyck Religious Arguments in Political Decision Making 237 13 Olga Crapels The Knowledge Deficit and Beyond: Sources of Controversy in Public Debates 255 14 Franck L.B.
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