Technoculture and Transcendence March 2, 2015 By Event Details Date: Wednesday, Apr 22nd, 2015, 3:00 pm Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: literature, Margaret Atwood, science fiction, theology Presented by Anthony Siegrist Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar The popular Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood doesn’t like to see her work under the “science fiction” label. She thinks “speculative fiction” is a more apt descriptor for a series of novels that present a world of technical possibilities not very distant from our own. Reading her work through the philosophical lens of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age gives us a cultural artifact suitable for multi-layered theological reflection. This lecture will explore themes related to the doctrines of creation and eschatology emerging from Atwood’s dystopian take on modern culture. Co-sponsored by the Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary. Watch a video of this lecture:
