Transhumanism and Transcendence Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement

Name: Transhumanism and Transcendence Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement
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ISBN: 9781589017801

ISBN-10: 1589017803

ISBN-13: 9781589017801

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ronald Cole-Turner, Michael S. Burdett, David Grumett, Karen Lebacqz, Ted Peters

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The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement. Athletes use drugs to increase their strength or stamina; cosmetic surgery is widely used to improve physical appearance; millions of men take drugs like Viagra to enhance sexual performance. And today researchers are exploring technologies such as cell regeneration and implantable devices that interact directly with the brain. Some condemn these developments as a new kind of cheating -- not just in sports but in life itself -- promising rewards without effort and depriving us most of all of what it means to be authentic human beings.…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 9/29/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

She is Robert Gordon Sproul Professor of Theological Ethics at Pacific School of Religion. She is the author of Professional Ethics and Word, Worship, World and Wonder.




Introduction: The Transhumanist Challenge




Contextualizing a Christian Perspective on Transcendence and Human Enhancement: Francis Bacon, N. F. Fedorov, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin




Transformation and the End of Enhancement: Insights from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin




Dignity and Enhancement in the Holy City




Progress and Provolution: Will Transhumanism Leave Sin Behind?




The Hopeful Cyborg




Artificial Wombs and Cyborg Births: Postgenderism and Theology




Taking Leave of the Animal? The Theological and Ethical Implications of Transhuman Projects




Chasing Methuselah: Transhumanism and Christian Theosis in Critical Perspective




Human or Vulcan? Theological Consideration of Emotional Control Enhancement




Whose Salvation? Which Eschatology? Transhumanism and Christianity as Contending Salvific Religions




Transcendence, Technological Enhancement, and Christian Theology




Transhumanism and Christianity



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