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2012 •
Transhumanists arc committed to re-evaluating the entire human condition and offering proposalsfor transcending mortality, principally by augmenting the human body with mechanical components or by transferring the human mind into intelligent hyper-computers. In this essay, the author\'s methodology is to critique the culture oftranshumanism, arguing, with Barbour, that all technology is tool whose use is determined by the cultural and socialframeworks within which it is utilized. Transhumanism is characterized as morally ambiguous, extremely individualistic, fixated upon health, vitality, and power, ideological, reductionist, and self-deluded. Its proposed use of technology is, thus, highly suspect and deserves a robust theological response.
2020 •
This chapter distinguishes “transhuman” from “posthuman” and introduces transhumanism as an intellectual and cultural movement. The chapter refers the reader to the transhumanist “Letter to Mother Nature,” thanking nature for the present state of evolution, but suggesting it is time for technologically-driven amendments to the human species. Major themes of the world’s religions useful in evaluating enhancement technology are summarized, with attention given to some basic differences between monotheistic and karmic traditions. A liberal-conservative theological continuum, helpful in understanding religious responses to transhumanism, is presented. The two main religious transhumanist organizations are introduced: Mormon Transhumanist Association and Christian Transhumanist Association. Models of the relationship between religion and science (conflict, independence, dialogue/integration) are identified and their potential usefulness in understanding religion’s response to transhumani...
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Transhumanism: Christian Destiny or Distraction?2020 •
Invitational article submissions for the transhumanism-themed issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.
Bogoslovni vestnik
To Live a Life in Christ's Way: the Answer to a Truncated View of Transhumanism on Human Life2019 •
Journal of Evolution and Technology
Transhumanism and Christian Social Concern.2005 •
Both Christianity and transhumanism create social visions capable of engendering hope, motivating action and describing the universe. While some transhumanists see the Christian vision as competing with the transhumanist equivalent, others within transhumanism see ...
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Balkan Journal of Philosophy
Transhumanism and the Western Monotheistic Traditions2020 •
The article offers an overview of the (dis)continuities between the major Abrahamic religions (especially Christianity) and transhumanism, as well as some possibilities envisioned by scholars for their ongoing dialogue. Important points that come up along the way include: ecology vs. space exploration; the neglect of injustices suffered by past generations; the importance of bodily and mental imperfections for the development of culture; and our all-too human expectations for what posthumans may desire. Also presented is a review of various possible criticisms against wildly ambitious projects, such as Frank Tipler's attempt to fuse transhumanism with Christian eschatology. It is argued that process theology and James Gardner's "Biocosm hypothesis" offer a more intriguing view: a salvation which is not predestined but merely possible, and whose details are being negotiated through specific historic events and even through our day-today decisions and deliberations. Such a view overcomes Nietzsche's notion of eternal recurrence by stressing the importance of rethinking, redaction, and creating variations of what already exists.
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