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This book interrogates the ways in which new technological advances impact the thought and practices of humanism. Chapters investigate the social, political, and cultural implications of the creation and use of advanced forms of technology, examining both defining benefits and potential dangers. Contributors also discuss technology’s relationship to and impact on the shifting definitions we hold for humankind. International and multi-disciplinary in nature and scope, the volume presents an exploration of humanism and technology that is both racially diverse and gender sensitive. With great depth and self-awareness, contributors offer suggestions for how humanists and humanist organizations might think about and relate to technology in a rapidly changing world. More broadly, the book offers a critical humanistic interrogation of the concept of “progress” especially as it relates to technological advancement. .

Philosophy. --- Communication. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Media and Communication. --- Humanism. --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Renaissance --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Technology—Philosophy.

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Rap music is often seen as a Black secular response to pressing issues of our time. Yet, like spirituals, the blues, and gospel music, rap has deep connections to African American religious traditions.Noise and Spirit explores the diverse religious dimensions of rap stemming from Islam (including the Nation of Islam and Five Percent Nation), Rastafarianism, and Humanism, as well as Christianity. The volume examines rap’s dialogue with religious traditions, from the ways in which Islamic rap music is used as a method of religious and political instruction to the uses of both the blues and Black women’s rap for considering the distinction between God and the Devil.The first section explores rap’s association with more easily recognizable religious traditions and communities such as Christianity and Islam. The next presents discussions of rap and important spiritual considerations, including on the topic of death. The final unit wrestles with ways to theologize about the relationship between the sacred and the profane in rap.

Rap (Music) --- Hip-hop music --- Rap songs --- Rappin' (Music) --- Rapping (Music) --- African Americans --- Monologues with music --- Popular music --- Trip hop (Music) --- Religious aspects.

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We live in a world of social, political, economic, and religious rupture. Ideologies polarise to fuel confrontation within communities, nations and regions of the world. At this point in the twenty-first century, humanism's focus on reason, ethics and justice offers the potential to rethink and re-engage in new ways. What Is Humanism, and Why Does It Matter? brings together leading humanist thinkers and activists to examine humanism and how it can work in the world. Humanism is often misunderstood. The movement includes both atheists and agnostics, who seek to make ethical sense of the world based on shared human values and a concern for human welfare, happiness and fulfillment. What Is Humanism, and Why Does It Matter? presents an overview and exploration of the meaning and nature of humanism, both as a philosophy and as a way of engaging with the challenges of the world.

Humanism. --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Renaissance

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"Drawing on literature along with the visual and performing arts, Anthony B. Pinn theorizes religion as a technology for interrogating human experiences understanding the ways in which things are always involved in processes of exchange and interplay."--

Philosophy of religion --- Religion as technology --- openness --- thing, art --- rebellion --- materiality --- Art and religion --- Religion and culture --- African American art --- Art and race. --- Performance art --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- Arts, Modern --- Happenings (Art) --- Performing arts --- Race and art --- Ethnopsychology --- Afro-American art --- Art, African American --- Negro art --- Ethnic art --- Art --- Arts in the church --- Religion and art --- Religion --- Religious aspects

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