Hellfire and Lightning Rods
Liberating Science, Technology, and Religion
Published on 21. June 2018
240 pages
978-1-7252-3977-7 (ISBN)
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Renowned philosopher Frederick Ferre invites us to contemplate a new world to be constructed out of the debris of modernity. Hellfire and Lightning Rods displays a vision in which the dichotomies between religion, philosophy, science, and technology can be seen as too-narrow construals of a single, but polyvalent, organic world.
Ferre wisely notes that the conceptual worlds of premodern animism, modern "scientism," and biblical orthodoxy have major internal flaws and create immense practical problems. Yet, while they are largely unconvincing to persons who see the need for "postmodern" approaches, a successor to these views is nowhere near universally accepted. In that context, Ferre suggests that an important interim worldview that he calls "multi-mythic organicism" will help humanity recover spiritual dimensions now lacking.
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Frederick Ferré (1933-2013) was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at The University of Georgia, editor of Research in Philosophy & Technology, and author of many books and articles, including the classic Language, Logic, and God. He was also a past president of the Metaphysical Society of America.
