과학혁명 시대와 복음의 소통 가능성: 유발 하라리의 종교 전망에 대한 대응

Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought great interest and resonance to our society at present. The emergence of a hyperlinked society based on big Data and algorithms has the potential to change not only human lifestyles, but also the meaning of being human and the role of religion. The historian Yuval Harari, through his world-wide attention to the book, is illuminating human history from the unique nature of Sapiens to the future dominance of data. He sees that the functions and roles of traditional religions will be reduced in future society where data dominates. This prospect will spread data-centered thinking and predictions, and will challenge Christianity's position and dilemma. This article introduces Harari’s analysis and prospects, evaluates his arguments, and attempts to present Christian responses. Homo sapiens, who has emerged as a modern human being through the cognitive revolution that invented common myths and ideologies, became a large-scale system through the agricultural revolution and developed into a ‘homo deus’ that solves all kinds of problems through the technology of the scientific revolution. The scientific revolution represented by big data and algorithms in this transition has brought about a revolutionary change in human understanding and life, and the traditional religion created in the agrarian revolution has fallen and new religious beliefs such as data religion will appear, according to his prediction. I try to point out that Harari 's argument is based on optimism about data technology, insufficient consideration of humanness, and hasty prospects for an unfilled future. Rather, in a new era he claims, the need for a collaborative, shared society will become even greater, giving new meaning to Christian apologetics. Therefore, this article suggests a big story, incarnational participation, and post-Christendom Christian community as the Christian apologetic response in the era of the scientific revolution.