Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Why do representatives of different religious traditions find the transhumanist vision of the future not only theologically compatible but even inspiring? Transhumanism is a global movement seeking radical human enhancement. The trans in transhumanism marks the transition from the present stage in human evolution into the future, namely, post-human existence. Containing chapters written by adherents to a variety of religious traditions, Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics provides first-hand testimony to the value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind. In addition, the contributors critique both secular and religious transhumanism in light of realistic science and commitment to social justice.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-15
Mått:150 x 228 x 26 mm
Vikt:662 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse
Antal sidor:494
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Aubrey deGrey
ISBN:9781498584159

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Arvin Gouw is a postgraduate researcher at the Cambridge university school of divinity. He has served as an instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine and faculty affiliate at Harvard Center for Science, Religion, and Culture. Brian Patrick Green is the director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and adjunct faculty in the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University.Ted Peters is distinguished research professor emeritus at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

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Part I: Techno-Utopia? Where Are Transhumanists Leading Us?Chapter 1: Homo Deus or Frankenstein's Monster? Religious Transhumanism and Its CriticsTed PetersChapter 2: Are We Becoming God(s)? Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Antihumanism, and the DivineFrancesca FerrandoPart II: What Are Religious Transhumanists and Their Critics Saying?Chapter 3: Mormon TranshumanismLincoln CannonChapter 4: Pre-Original Buddhism and the Transhumanist ImperativeMichael LaTorraChapter 5: Unitarian Universalists as Critical TranshumanistsJames HughesChapter 6: Confucian Religious Sensibility and Transhumanist AnthropologyHeup Young KimChapter 7: Why Christian Transhumanism?Micah ReddingChapter 8: Steps Toward a Theology of Christian TranshumanismRon Cole-TurnerChapter 9: A Roman Catholic View: Technological Progress? Yes. Transhumanism? No.Brian Patrick GreenChapter 10: Technological Theosis? An Eastern Orthodox Critique of Religious TranshumanismBrandon GallaherChapter 11: The Transhumanist Pied Pipers: A Jewish Caution against False MessianismHava Tirosh-SamuelsonPart III: The H+ Future: What are the Issues?Chapter 12: Cyborg, Gender, and the Posthuman SelfJ. Jeanine ThweattChapter 13: A Virtual Ghost in the Digital Machine: Whole Brain Emulation, Disembodied Gender, and Queer Mystical AnimalityJay Emerson JohnsonChapter 14: Copulation, Masturbation, and Sex Bots: Ethical Implication of AI as My Buddy in BedElisabeth GerleChapter 15: The Transhumanist Threat to Plants and Animals: An Exercise in Eco-Feminist Critical TheoryIris Ralph and Peter I-min HuangChapter 16: Transhumanism, Theological Anthropology, and the Ethics of AmbiguityWhitney A. BaumanChapter 17: The iCalf, Relationality, and the Extended Body: Evaluations of Different Notions of Post/TranshumanismMarkus MühlingPart IV: Is H+ Sound Scientifically? Philosophically? Theologically?Chapter 18: Transhumanism: Good Science? Bad Science? Pseudo-ScienceArvin GouwChapter 19: Ghosts or Zombies: On Keeping Body and Soul TogetherNoreen HerzfeldChapter 20: In Praise of Boundaries: Understanding Mortality as an AllyNelson R. KelloggChapter 21: Homo Gubernator as a Teilhardian-Catholic Response to TranshumanismLevi CheckettsChapter 22: Will Transhumanism Reach Point Omega?Ilia DelioChapter 23: Resurrection, and the Transhumanist PromiseCelia E. Deane-DrummondChapter 24: Moral Enhancement, the Virtues, and Transhumanism: Moving Beyond Gene EditingBraden MolhoekChapter 25: Epilogue: Introducing a New Transhumanist TheologyArvin Gouw