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Technology and religion: Islam, Christianity and materialism

E. Schuurman

Emeritus-Professor of Reformational Philosophy Universities of Delft, Eindhoven, Wageningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: eschuurman37@hetnet.nl

Key concepts: Christianity, Islam, materialism, religion, technology

Kernbegrippe: Christendom, Islam, materialisme, religie, tegnologie

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2 The present essay is the text of Professor Schuurman's valedictory oration delivered in the Auditorium of the University of Wageningen on 20 September 2007. The translation is by Harry van Dyke.
3 I thank my student and fellow philosopher Mohammed Balali from Iran for his critical comments on the text and for his advice about recent Islamic literature on the subject.
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