"Lessons from the Demaray Tower on the Transformative Power of Technolo" by Michael Paulus
 

Lessons from the Demaray Tower on the Transformative Power of Technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

May 2019

Abstract

From my office I have a direct view of the Demaray Hall Memorial Tower. I only have to glance up from my desk to see its south panel. For years I found this view of time helpful, but I didn’t pay much attention to the panel itself. I knew that the panels, designed by former art professor Ernst F. Schwidder, represented the Trinity in connection with the arts and sciences (read more about the panels here). Recently, I began to think about the technological images clustered under images for Jesus Christ. I realized that, as my work as an administrator, teacher, and scholar has become increasingly focused on technology, I have been looking at a visual representation of a rich and hopeful theology of technology on this tower.

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