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NIGEL CAMERON: TECHNOLOGICAL HUMANISM

Nigel
Cameron:

Technological
Humanism

While we humans have devised and employed technology for thousands of years, the ever-faster digital revolution has transfixed our attention and raised fundamental questions about what lies ahead for our species. Can we hope to maintain a "human" frame of reference for the future? Against the blandishments of "transhumanists" with their naive narrative of the su...

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DEREK SCHUURMAN: TECHNOLOGY AND THE BIBLICAL STORY

DEREK SCHUURMAN:
TECHNOLOGY
AND THE
BIBLICAL
STORY

What does the Bible have to say about technology? Technology is not primarily about machines and devices, but rather it is a human cultural activity in which we exercise freedom and responsibility. A Christian perspective of technology will be presented informed by the Biblical narrative and framed by the themes of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. This talk includes some c...

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Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Marilynne Robinson Receives CFW Inaugural Commission of Faith & Work

Author
Marilynne
Robinson

Receives
CFW Commission

Redeemer's Center for Faith & Work (CFW) is honored to announce its inaugural Commission of Faith & Work to Pulitzer Prize winning author Marilynne Robinson, for her notable integration of faith and work and remarkable contributions to the humanities.  "CFW has been committed to supporting and highlighting the bright spots of faith and...

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Writing About God to Know God

Writing
About
God
to
Know
God

Reflections from Christian Wiman’s poetry & faith workshop By Whitney Bauck When I introduce Christian Wiman’s work, I often begin with the assertion that he’s 75 percent of the reason that I still call myself a Christian. Wiman’s work entered my life at a time when I desperately needed it, via a friend’s recommendation on a sunny morning wa...

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JANE ADAMS: THE MISINFORMATION AGE: HOW DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES BREAK DOWN

JANE ADAMS:
THE MISINFORMATION
AGE: HOW
DATA-DRIVEN
STRATEGIES
BREAK DOWN

In an effort to hire better and hire faster, increasingly many organizations are turning to data-driven recruiting and hiring strategies. These strategies usually involve gathering data on applicants and trying to tie those data points to successful hires. Data scientist Jane Adams examines the ways in which these strategies actually fail to achieve the intended result, and more impor...

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Resources for Sabbath Rest

Resources
for
Sabbath
Rest

For Listening:  Work and Rest by Tim Keller Audio playlist For Reading:  Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest By Lynne M. Baab Call the Sabbath a Delight By Walter J. Chantry Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting By Marva J Dawn The Sabbath By Abraham Joshua Heschel Sabbath: Findi...

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