Cybernauts Awake! - Softcover

Church Of England Board For Social Responsibility; England, A Working Party Report Of The Board For Social Responsibility Of The Church Of

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715165860 ISBN 13: 9780715165867

Publisher: Church House Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

The impact of information technology and the Internet upon society has increased rapidly in recent years to become the focus of much media attention, largely from a secular perspective.

Cybernauts Awake! seeks to explore the profound and fascinating questions raised by the new technology from within a Christian context. What does space mean in cyberspace? Can intimacy be divorced from the physical world? What is a person if a computer can be made to behave just like one? Could cyberspace lead to a blurring of the distinction between truth and fiction by encouraging individuals to retreat into a fantasy world? . . .

Cybernauts Awake! explains what cyberspace is and what we can do in it, and explores the dreams and dangers at the heart of the digital age. It is an essential read for all those who wish to learn how to use cyberspace wisely and well, according to Christian principles.

Contributors include:

Professor Derek Burke (Chairman), former Vice-Chancellor of UEA
Christine Crosbie (Secretary)
Mr Nicholas Beale, member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
Ms Theresa Byrne, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Dr Dave Leal, Lecturer in Philosophy & Moral Theology, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford
Professor Simon Peyton-Jones, former Professor of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
Professor John Pickering, Professor of Economics
Professor David Pullinger, former Electronic Publications Manager of Nature
Professor Harold Thimbleby, Director of Research, School of Computing Science, Middlesex University

About this title

About the Author:

The Working Party Members include Professor Derek Burke (Chairman), former Vice-Chancellor of UEA, Christine Crosbie (Secretary), Mr Nicholas Beale, member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, Ms Theresa Byrne, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Dr Dave Leal, Lecturer in Philosophy & Moral Theology, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, Professor Simon Peyton-Jones, former Professor of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Professor John Pickering, Professor of Economics, Professor David Pullinger, former Electronic Publications Manager of Nature, Professor Harold Thimbleby, Director of Research, School of Computing Science, Middlesex University

Review:

A hitchhiker's guide to questions about the Net - combines basic information about cyberspace with some major ethical issues, all from a thoroughgoing Christian perspective. Well worth reading and reflecting on. -- Ven. Pete Broadbent, Archdeacon of Northolt

CYBERNAUTS AWAKE! is an important contribution to how the Church of England is responding to this debate. It asks challenging and, sometimes uncomfortable questions about both Luddite rejection and unquestioning acceptance of these new technologies. -- Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth

There are many useful thought-provoking insights which will be helpful to those wishing to gain a deeper theological perspective on the internet and its impact on all our futures. -- Patrick Dixon, Author, Futurist and Director of Global Change Ltd

About this edition

• Publisher: Church House Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0715165860
• ISBN 13: 9780715165867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110