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Responsible Technology: A Christian Perspective Paperback – July 16, 1986

by Stephen V. Monsma (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary Christian analysis of the forces shaping the operation of modern technology, and offers an alternative framework of biblically rooted normative principles. It argues that technology is a value- laden activity and presents principles for basing it on God's will.
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  1. Print length
    264 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
  4. Publication date
    July 16, 1986
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0802801757
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0802801753
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Kenneth W. Hermann
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"Responsible Technology makes a significant, much-needed contribution to developing a distinctly Christian perspective on the influential role technology plays in our culture. The range of issues discussed, the depth of insight, the sensitivity to biblical directives, and the cogent presentation are all impressive. The articulation of specific biblically rooted norms that ought to guide and shape our responsibility before the Lord in fabricating and using technological objects is particularly illuminating. All thoughtful Christians, whether professionals, academics, or concerned citizens, will want to read and ponder the implications of this book for guiding their obedience in a technological society."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source; 1986th edition (July 16, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802801757
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802801753
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
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  • MPR
    5.0 out of 5 stars Older but still helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023
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    This volume is dated, yet some of the essays remain foundational and serve as great entry points into thinking about technology.
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  • Go Buckeyes!
    4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book on engineering ethics - I use it to ...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017
    This is a good book on engineering ethics—I use it to teach such a class at a Christian college. The language might be a little too philosophical for casual readers and engineers, but it offers a balanced view of technology.
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  • Emmett
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    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
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    This book was written in 1986 and seems to be outdated. I had to get it for a class, but would not recommend it otherwise.
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  • Bradley P. Hayton
    2.0 out of 5 stars A Poor Book in the Name of the Poor
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012
    Monsma's volume gives a detailed analysis of technology. The tone of his book is not so much the fear of technology, but the fear of the worship of technology, i.e. technicism. It is a much less pessimistic book than some of the evangelical left, and much more abstract, almost too much for the average reader. Using Dooyeweerd's sphere of modalities, the authors outline some excellent guides for both responsible technology and design.

    Nevertheless, these authors have the same tendencies as other fundamentalist doomsayers, whether Christian or Muslim. They have a zero-sum view of economics, believe that advertising is really exploitation, economic self-interest is pride, technology causes more unemployment (they would like labor intensive industry rather than capital intensive), and think that the "technology of the rich and powerful" exploit the poor, since the poor cannot afford to implement and use it too. Technology causes increased alienation, and even is responsible for exploitive "fads" which devour on women and youth. With increased technology, people are left with only mundane jobs.

    Sometimes I wonder if these professional doomsayers really open their eyes to the world around them. Not only do they misunderstand business and economics, they fail to acknowledge the benefits of their own culture and technology. Millions have been given jobs due to technology; witness the feudalism or Indian society compared to industrial nations. Due to better technology, the poor have always increased their real wealth. Rather than causing alienation, the industrialized technological world has become increasingly interdependent, not only between countries, but between the various trades themselves. With specialization comes interdependence.

    The authors fail to acknowledge the human psychological need to change that greater technology and variation in products has catered to. They close their eyes to the windows of creativity that better technology has opened, both in regards to the fine arts and sciences. In my own opinion, these professors should be exported from their cush ivory tower jobs in the university to a Third World country and be forced to pick bananas. They would be happier living hand to mouth and living in a hut without plumbing, electricity, media, and have all bananas they want to eat. They might as well live in the banana republics they adore.

    Nevertheless, Monsma, et.al., correctly caution us not to place our faith in technology, a faith due exclusively to God. All technology must be submitted to the will and glory of His purposes. We must ever search the Scriptures to guide our use of technology for godly and just purposes.
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