Cyborg Theology is recommended reading for students and scholars in the fields of theology, philosophy, and cultural studies with an interest in contemporary debates on advanced technologies (such as prosthetics and virtual and augmented reality). This cutting-edge monograph joins academic and public discussions by focusing on the entangled relation between technological development and our narratives of technology.1
Midson argues that the Judeo-Christian Eden–Fall narrative is at the core of our approach to technology—presenting itself at times as technophobia, at other times as technophilia—and that it shapes our understanding of the notions of “human” and “nature” (Chapters 1 and 2). In the author’s interpretation, a persistent form of technophobia in our society can be traced back to Augustine’s reading of the Fall. According to Augustine, the human being, once expelled from Eden, is able to use his free will to obey God to the point of making himself Godlike, thus...
