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Transhumanism and the Image of God

Author : Jacob Shatzer
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830865780
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Transhumanism and the Image of God written by Jacob Shatzer and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're constantly invited to think about the future of technology as a progressive improvement of tools: our gadgets will continue to evolve, but we humans will stay basically the same. In the future, perhaps even alien species and intelligent robots will coexist alongside humans, who will grapple with challenges and emerge as the heroes. But the truth is that radical technological change has the power to radically shape humans as well. We must be well informed and thoughtful about the steps we're already taking toward a transhuman or even posthuman future. Can we find firm footing on a slippery slope? Biblical ethicist Jacob Shatzer guides us into careful consideration of the future of Christian discipleship in a disruptive technological environment. In Transhumanism and the Image of God, Shatzer explains the development and influence of the transhumanist movement, which promotes a "next stage" in human evolution. Exploring topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, medical technology, and communications tools, he examines how everyday technological changes have already altered and continue to change the way we think, relate, and understand reality. By unpacking the doctrine of the incarnation and its implications for human identity, he helps us better understand the proper place of technology in the life of the disciple and avoid false promises of a posthumanist vision. We cannot think about technology use today without considering who we will become tomorrow.

Who Are You?

Author : B M Coaker
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546289011
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Who Are You? written by B M Coaker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Are You? is a thought-provoking foray into the many-faceted issues surrounding the growing trend toward transhumanism. Why, as Christians, should we be wary of what transhumanism offers? To start with, we need to look at our origins. Did we evolve? Were we created? The answers we give to these questions are the basis of our worldview and how we respond to transhumanism. An equally important question is, Do we believe and trust the Word of God? Many people have a picture in their minds regarding Jesus Christ. The real Jesus can only be found in the pages from Genesis to Revelation. We need a picture of this Jesus in order to address the issues of transhumanism. I hope that this book will take you along the first few steps of the journey.

Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church

Author : Steve Donaldson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319903233
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church written by Steve Donaldson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians have always been concerned with enhancement—now they are faced with significant questions about how technology can help or harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and technological enhancement different from each other? Are there theological insights and spiritual practices that can help Christians face the challenge of living in a technological world without being dangerously conformed to its values? This book calls on Christians to understand and engage the deep issues facing the church in a technological, transhumanist future.

Becoming God

Author : David Herbert
Publisher : Sola Scriptura Ministries International
ISBN 13 : 9781894400589
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Becoming God written by David Herbert and published by Sola Scriptura Ministries International. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transhumanism is a growing philosophical movement among leading business leaders, scientists, artists, politicians and futurists. They believe that the future of humanity lies in a post-human world. In Becoming God, David Herbert traces the philosophic and scientific roots of this movement, through the changes brought with The Enlightenment, the Victorian era, religious humanism and secular humanism, leading to the rise of transhumanism. Profiling the key world figures in this movement-Ray Kurzweil, Aubrey de Grey, Kevin Warwick, Natasha Vita-More, Nigel Ackland, FM-2030, and others-he explores their views, both common and unique, on aspects of transhumanist philosophy. Since the dawn of time, humankind has desired to be immortal-to "be like God." This book reveals how changing worldviews, advancing technologies, entrenched scientific beliefs and rapidly expanding biotechnologies have led some to believe that immortality is on the horizon. Shunning death and disease, transhumanists are pursuing a future devoid of these realities and believe humankind is on the cusp of immortality-a pivotal moment they call the "Singularity." Having analyzed and researched this movement, Dr. Herbert shows how the Christian's hope of immortality is the resurrection, a foundational biblical truth-and one that looks to a new, imperishable, glorious and powerful body to come when Christ returns. The Christian view of the body (made in God's image), disease and death (the results of living in a sinful world) look to a future resurrection, where believers will be given perfect, immortal bodies, once more united to their souls and spirits. The Christian's hope is not for immortality on this earth but in the new heavens and new earth.

Humanity

Author : John S. Hammett
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1087730163
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Humanity written by John S. Hammett and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hammett’s and Katie McCoy’s Humanity is built on four assumptions: that humans are creatures, that they can only be understood in light of the intentions of their Creator, that the Creator’s intentions are revealed in the pages of Scripture, and that humans enjoy a truly and fully human life only when they live in accordance with their created nature. Thus, this work seeks to offer a biblical perspective on human nature as designed by God.

The Transhumanism Handbook

Author : Newton Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030169200
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Transhumanism Handbook written by Newton Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern humanity with some 5,000 years of recorded history has been experiencing growing pains, with no end in sight. It is high time for humanity to grow up and to transcend itself by embracing transhumanism. Transhumanism offers the most inclusive ideology for all ethnicities and races, the religious and the atheists, conservatives and liberals, the young and the old regardless of socioeconomic status, gender identity, or any other individual qualities. This book expounds on contemporary views and practical advice from more than 70 transhumanists. Astronaut Neil Armstrong said on the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Transhumanism is the next logical step in the evolution of humankind, and it is the existential solution to the long-term survival of the human race.

Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics

Author : Arvin M. Gouw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498584144
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics written by Arvin M. Gouw and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, the contributors examine how various religious traditions engage with transhumanism and its vision for the future"--

Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution

Author : Stephen Goundrey-Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000842622
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution by : Stephen Goundrey-Smith

Download or read book Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution written by Stephen Goundrey-Smith and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact of developments in pharmaceutical medicine in the twentieth century on a Christian ethical evaluation of transhumanism and future "hi-tech" medical enhancement technologies. It suggests that the Christian ethical assessment of proposed future radical transhumanist biomedical technologies should be conducted in the light of responses to past medical advances. Two specific case studies are featured, focusing on the oral contraceptive pill and on Prozac and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. Whilst future biomedical technologies may have therapeutic benefits for the relief of disease and contribute to improving human health and welfare, the book considers the implications for society and their acceptability as therapies from a Christian perspective. Stressing the inadequacy of natural law alone, the author proposes an ethical framework for assessing novel biomedical technologies according to the effects on personal autonomy, embodiment and bodily life, and on the imago Dei.

Transhumanism and the Body

Author : C. Mercer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137342765
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Transhumanism and the Body written by C. Mercer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.

Transhumanism as a Challenge for Ethics and Religion

Author : Robert Petkovsek
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643912978
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Transhumanism as a Challenge for Ethics and Religion written by Robert Petkovsek and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucial question of our time is: How to preserve humanity, humanitas, in a world of radical and not so long ago practically unimaginable technological possibilities? The book addresses this issue through its treatment of transhumanism, a diverse movement the representatives of which promise and advocate for the enhancement of human being through modern science, technology, and pharmacology. Their views differ in the degree of extremity, and they contain many ambiguities, as well as pitfalls and dangers that require an answer from both ethical and religious points of view. The book deepens the understanding of transhumanism in an interdisciplinary way and thus helps to form the right attitude towards it that will truly benefit human flourishing. It offers a rich variety of views on transhumanism, ranging from its illumination in the light of contemporary research into happiness, through liberal eugenics and biopolitics, all the way to its considerations in terms of religions and manifestations in concrete works of art.

Humanism and its Discontents

Author : Paul Jorion
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303067004X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Humanism and its Discontents written by Paul Jorion and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains that while posthumanism rose in opposition to the biblical contention that ‘Man was created in the image of God’, transhumanism ascertained the complementary view that ‘Man has been assigned dominion over all creatures’, further exploring a path that had been opened up by the Enlightenment’s notion of human perfectibility. It explains also how posthumanism and transhumanism relate to deconstruction theory, and on a broader level to capitalism, libertarianism, and the fight against human extinction which may involve trespassing the boundary of the skin, achieving individual immortality or dematerialization of the Self and colonisation of distant planets and stars. Two authors debate about truth and reason in today’s world, the notion of personhood and the legacy of the Nietzschean Superhuman in the current varieties of anti-humanism.

Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition

Author : John Loughlin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350073717
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition written by John Loughlin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dignity is a fundamental aspect of our lives, yet one we rarely pause to consider; our understandings of dignity, on individual, collective and philosophical perspectives, shape how we think, act and relate to others. This book offers an historical survey of how dignity has been understood and explores the concept in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. World-renowned contributors examine the roots of human dignity in classical Greece and Rome and the Scriptures, as well as in the work of theologians, such as St Thomas Aquinas and St John Paul II. Further chapters consider dignity within Renaissance art and sacred music. The volume shows that dignity is also a contemporary issue by analysing situations where the traditional understanding has been challenged by philosophical and policy developments. To this end, further essays look at the role of dignity in discussions about transhumanism, religious freedom, robotics and medicine. Grounded in the principal Christian traditions of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Protestantism, this book offers an interdisciplinary and cross-period approach to a timely topic. It validates the notion of human dignity and offers an introduction to the field, while also challenging it.

Religion and Transhumanism

Author : Calvin Mercer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440833265
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Transhumanism written by Calvin Mercer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should technology be used to improve human faculties such as cognition and longevity? This thought-provoking dialogue between "transhumanism" and religion examines enhancement technologies that could radically alter the human species. "Transhumanism" or "human enhancement" is an intellectual and cultural movement that advocates the use of emerging technologies to change human traits. Although they may sound like science fiction, the possibilities suggested by transhumanism are very real, and the questions they raise have no easy answers. If these enhancements—especially major ones like the indefinite extension of healthy human life—become widely available, they would arguably have a more radical impact on humankind than any other development in history. This book comprises essays that explore transhumanism and the issues that surround it, addressing numerous fascinating questions posed by scholars of religion from various traditions. How will "immortality" or extreme longevity change our religious beliefs and practices? How might pharmaceuticals enhance spiritual experiences? Will "post-human" technologies be available to all persons, or will a superior "post-human race" arise to dominate the human species? The discussions are as intriguing as the future they suggest.

Teaching Transhumanism

Author : Engelbert Thaler
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3823302922
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (233 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Transhumanism by : Engelbert Thaler

Download or read book Teaching Transhumanism written by Engelbert Thaler and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Onco-mice and cloned sheep, drones and auto-automobiles, neuro-enhancement and prosthetic therapy: Is transhumanism a "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity" (Ronald Bailey 2004), or rather "the world's most dangerous idea" (Francis Fukuyama 2009)? This volume attempts to elucidate what we understand by the term "transhumanism", what topics and problems we face, what media are suitable for classroom use, what lesson scenarios seem effective, what benefits we may reap, and what challenges we have to cope with when we teach transhumanism in English language classes.

Reaching for Immortality: Can Science Cheat Death?

Author : Sandra J. Godde
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666736740
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Reaching for Immortality: Can Science Cheat Death? written by Sandra J. Godde and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the forefront of science and technology there lie competing ideologies as to the nature of humanity and the future of human flourishing. Will technology become the ultimate savior, or has the work of salvation already been accomplished? Are we only creatures of mind and body or are we spiritual beings at our core? Reaching for Immortality bravely examines the agenda and ideals of the transhumanist movement, and compares and contrasts these with the biblical vision of a physical resurrection and a divine upgrade of the entire created order. Which vision of the future will inspire you, and capture your allegiance? This book is a primer to provoke deep thought about the impact of technological change on human personhood, and asks crucial questions facing our age: •What does it mean to be human, in light of exponential technological growth? •What is transhumanism and where is it leading us? •How important is embodiment for our personal identity? •How would the biblical understanding of personhood survive in a posthuman future?

Science & Religion

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119599873
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Science & Religion written by Alister E. McGrath and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading introductory textbook on the study of religion and the natural sciences, including new coverage of the latest topics in the field Science and Religion provides students with a thorough introduction to the major themes and landmark debates in the interaction of science and religion. Incorporating history, philosophy, the natural sciences, and theology, this popular textbook examines how science and religion approach central questions and discusses the relationship between the two areas through the centuries. The authoritative and accessible chapters are designed for readers with minimal knowledge of science or theology. Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on the study of religion and science, this fully revised and updated third edition addresses contemporary topics and reflects the latest conceptual developments in the field. New and expanded chapters and case studies discuss Scientism, evolutionary theodicy, the Theory of Relativity, warranted belief in science and religion, the influence of science and religion on human values, and more. The most up-to-date introduction to this exciting and rapidly growing field, this textbook: Offers an engaging, thematically-based approach to the subject Provides historical context for major events in science and religion Explores scientific and religious perspectives on Creation and the existence of God Discusses models, analogies, and issues at the intersection of science and religion One of the most respected and widely adopted textbooks in the field, Science and Religion: A New Introduction, 3rd Edition is an ideal resource for college, seminary, and university students in courses in science and religion; church or community courses in the relation of science and faith; and general readers looking for an inclusive overview of the field.

Transhumanism and Society

Author : Stephen Lilley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400749813
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Transhumanism and Society written by Stephen Lilley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introductory overview to the social debate over enhancement technologies with an overview of the transhumanists' call to bypass human nature and conservationists' argument in defense of it. The author present this controversy as it unfolds in the contest between transhumanists proponents and conservationists, who push back with an argument to conserve human nature and to ban enhancement technologies. This book provides an overview of the key contested points and present the debate in an orderly, constructive fashion. Readers are informed about the discussion over humanism, the tension between science and religion, and the interpretation of socio-technological revolutions; and are invited to make up their own mind about one of the most challenging topics concerning the social and ethical implications of technological advancements.