| Description |
xxvi, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword. Introduction. Acknowledgements. 1. The role of the engineer and his formation. 2. Integration of the engineer into society. 3. Toward mastery of the earth. 4. Toward conquest of outer space. 5. Automation in historical perspecitive. 6. Planning for transition to automation. 7. Automation: its problems and its prospects. 8. Accident prevention in industry. 9. Nuclear energy and its use. 10. The mission of radio. 11. Telecommunications at the service of humanity. 12. Television: its technical principles and human purposes. 13. On the use of modern inventions. 14. American foundries and human values. 15. The foundry: transmuter of men and materials. 16. Union of technology and art in auto design. 17. Aircraft builders and the human spirit. 18. Linen and hemp in God's service. 19. Ceramics: from ancient crafts to modern techniques. 20. Petroleum industry and human relations. 21. The gas industry and the safety of workers and consumers. 22. Glass industries and the transfiguration of work. 23. Fiber panel and the common goal of industry. 24. Chemical production and the motivation of the worker. 25. Radiological technology for the tools of medicine. 26. Agricultural industries and world hunger. 27. Man's dominion over lower creatures. 28. Human progress and the things of God. 29. Unified view of nature: the scientific goal above technology. 30. The true role of technology and the dangers of a false "technological spirit". 31. Modern technology and the divine law of harmony. 32. ABC warfare and the saving light of the resurrection. 33. Faith in Christ: the serene answer to nuclear anxieties. 34. The dawn of Easter and the dawn of a new technical age. Appendix of excerpts on technology from other addresses by Pope Pius XII. Index |
| Summary |
Let us, above all, tell you of our concern with repect to the present development of the technical world and the consequences of this for teaching. The Christian faith surely has nothing to fear from science, or from the techniques derived from it; on the contrary, it teaches us that scientific advances are a glorification of God, who said: 'Fill the earth, and subdue it.' The spirit of these words of Pope John XXIII abounds in this collection of addresses of his predecessor on the relationship of Catholic teaching to technological problems of the twentieth century. The thirty-four addresses contained here stand as eloquent testimony to the fact that the Church is concerned but not frightened, anxious but not bowed by the recent whirlwind progress of man in his quest to control the things of nature and the materials of production. That these addresses range over such widely divergent fields as agriculture, physics, meat-packing, and astronautics, shows that the interest of the Church is as catholic as that of technology itself. There is no larger issue today than the obviously mixed blessing of advancing technology. Here are the sobering, calm, considered judgments and advice of Pope Pius XII who as man of his times has been rightly called the "Pope of Technology". The scholar, no matter what his faith, will find here light and wisdom. The engineer and technologist will be challenged to consider the condequences as well as the "progress" of his attempt to advance his particular science. All readers will profit from taking the time to hear this voice speaking from within but above the problems and confusions of our own day |
| Notes |
"Statements on technology made by Pope Pius XII" |
| Subject |
Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Technology.
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| Author |
Haigerty, Leo J., 1924-2001, complier
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