Theological Perspectives on a Surveillance Society(English, Hardcover, Stoddart Eric)

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Theological Perspectives on a Surveillance Society(English, Hardcover, Stoddart Eric) is written by Stoddart Eric and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754667979 (ISBN 10) and 9780754667971 (ISBN 13).

This book looks at contemporary surveillance practices and ideologies from a Christian theological perspective. Surveillance studies is an emerging, inter-disciplinary field that brings together scholars from sociology, criminology, political studies, computing and information studies, cultural studies and other disciplines. Although surveillance has been a feature of all societies since humans first co-operated to watch over one another whilst hunting and gathering it is the convergence of information technologies within both commerce and the state that has ushered in a 'surveillance society'. There has been little, if any, theological consideration of this important dimension of social organisation; this book fills the gap and offers a contribution to surveillance studies from a theological perspective, broadening the horizon against which surveillance might be interpreted and evaluated. This book is also an exercise in consciousness-raising with respect to the Christian community in order that they may critically engage with a surveillance society by drawing on biblical and theological resources. Being the first major theological treatment in the field it sets the agenda for more detailed considerations.