| About Religion: Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture Contributor(s): Taylor, Mark C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226791629 ISBN-13: 9780226791623 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: "Religion," Mark C. Taylor maintains, "is most interesting where it is least obvious." From global financial networks to the casinos of Las Vegas, from images flickering on computer terminals to steel sculpture, material culture bears unexpected traces of the divine. In a world where the economies of faith are obscure, yet pervasive, Taylor shows that approaching religion directly is less instructive than thinking "about" it. Traveling from high culture to pop culture and back again, "About Religion" approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street." As astonishing juxtapositions and associations proliferate, formerly uncharted territories of virtual culture disclose theological vestiges, showing that faith in contemporary culture is as unavoidable as it is elusive. The most accessible presentation of Taylor's revolutionary ideas to date, "About Religion" gives us a dazzling and disturbing vision of life at the end of the old and beginning of the new millennium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Virtual Worlds - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 291.175 |
| LCCN: 98-40817 |
| Series: Religion and Postmodernism |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.07" W x 9.03" (0.91 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Religion, Mark C. Taylor maintains, is most interesting where it is least obvious. From global financial networks to the casinos of Las Vegas, from images flickering on computer terminals to steel sculpture, material culture bears unexpected traces of the divine. In a world where the economies of faith are obscure, yet pervasive, Taylor shows that approaching religion directly is less instructive than thinking about it. Traveling from high culture to pop culture and back again, About Religion approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's The Confidence-Man through the film Wall Street. As astonishing juxtapositions and associations proliferate, formerly uncharted territories of virtual culture disclose theological vestiges, showing that faith in contemporary culture is as unavoidable as it is elusive. The most accessible presentation of Taylor's revolutionary ideas to date, About Religion gives us a dazzling and disturbing vision of life at the end of the old and beginning of the new millennium. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Mark C.: - Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and is the founding editor of the Religion and Postmodernism series published by the University of Chicago Press. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left and Abiding Grace: Time, Modernity, Death. |