Deus Ex Machina - Or: On questioning life by Eureca Circe ISBN 9783758340222, 3758340225 instant download

Deus Ex Machina - Or: On questioning life by Eureca Circe ISBN 9783758340222, 3758340225 instant download

Was Jesús Qeer?
Does this also apply to the churches? Is the Catholic Church in particular
dancing with the times - or is it dying as a fossilized power structure because
of its dogmas and falling victim to technological evolution? Deus Ex Machina
- or: Of questioning life is an extraordinary book: an artificial intelligence asks
over 150 profound questions about religious studies, the Church - especially
the Catholic Church -, Christian faith and love - and answers them itself!
With theological depth and social urgency, the book addresses questions
that have not yet been answered by any artificial intelligence - and asks them
anyway:
Was Jesus really asexual - or is there evidence to the contrary: was Jesus
queer? Can a church that excludes diversity survive at all? What does our
church look like if it not only accepts female or queer people, but sees them
as an enrichment and blesses their marriages? Is faith without dogmatism
possible- or is dogmatism merely spiritual control in Sunday robes - disguised
as a supposedly divine principle? After Luther's theses, now double the
amount through AI:
The AI asks about the relevance of abstinence and loneliness, sheds light
on the cultural influences of church morals and critically questions the
relationship between the church, gender, sexual orientation and authority.
Questions that used to be answered with the stake are now asked freely in
religious education and - thanks in part to thinking machines and social media
- thought through. Who would presume to forbid an AI from asking
questions?
The Deus Ex Machina – the artificial intelligence - opens up a multi-layered
discourse: not only for religious teachers, theologians, clergy, women or queer
people - but for everyone who believes, doubts, hopes or wants to start anew.
Face it: We want to face modern, questioning life: This book is an invitation - to
question, rethink and hope.
For ethics based on love instead of control. For a theology that thinks instead
of
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