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About the Author
Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK since 2005. He has also taught at the University of Aberdeen, the Open University (as an associate lecturer on their first fully-online technology course), and developed and managed theological programmes at the former Scottish Churches Open College in Edinburgh between 2000 and 2003.
Reviews
'This unique theology of surveillance provides an unusual but highly relevant approach to our everyday visibility under video cameras, at borders, on the internet - wherever our personal data are captured for processing. The critical ethics of care developed here speaks to an urgent need for serious rethinking about how to respond to and confront today's multi-facted surveillance.' David Lyon,The Queen's University, Canada 'Anyone interested in the theological questions raised by surveillance societies needs to engage with this book, especially its criticisms of privacy-responses, the relation of risk to surveillance, and its invitation to a more engagement-driven response to the problematics of the surveillance society from largely reactive and self-protective churches. ... this is a thorough treatment of a question of great social import which deserves a wide readership.' Themelios 'This engaging book includes rich veins of Christological theology and biblical exegesis. Together, these inform the critique of existing surveillance discourses, and provide the resources for a valuable alternative approach.' Church Times '[Stoddart's] book provides a fitting theological horizon for what he perceives to be tendencies prevalent in surveillance cultures.' Religious Studies Review 'Theological Perspectives on a Surveillance Society is a rich, detailed and thoughtful addition to the rapidly expanding literature about surveillance.' Studies in Christian Ethics '...Stoddart's pioneering work sets a course which we can only hope that he, and others, will pursue.' Modern Believing
Book Information
ISBN 9781138253025
Author Eric Stoddart
Format Paperback
Page Count 206
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g