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Book Synopsis
An engrossing account of the way religion and the technological imagination come together in the world’s largest religious transhumanist organization.

Table of Contents

Preface | ix
A Note on Names and Terms | xxiii
Series Zero: “Children of God would try to play God” | 1
Part I: Dramatis personae
First Series: Mormonisms | 55
Second Series: Transhumanisms | 76
Third Series: Mormon Transhumanism | 94
Part II: Mormon/Transhuman
Fourth Series: Kolob runs on Domo | 113
Fifth Series: Discipline, Belief, and Speculative Religion | 136
Part III: Science Fictions
Sixth Series: Freezing, Burying, Burning | 161
Seventh Series: “as if awakening from a night’s sleep” | 211
Eighth Series: Worlds without End | 240
Ninth Series: Queer Polygamy | 256
Series: Problems, Planes, and Lines of Flight | 293
Acknowledgments | 303
Notes | 307
Bibliography | 327
Index | 353

Machines for Making Gods

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 1 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9780823299362
      978-0823299362
      ISBN-10 0823299368
      Also in:
      Christian Churches, denominations, groups Denominations of American origin Impact of science and technology on society

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An engrossing account of the way religion and the technological imagination come together in the world’s largest religious transhumanist organization.

      Table of Contents

      Preface | ix
      A Note on Names and Terms | xxiii
      Series Zero: “Children of God would try to play God” | 1
      Part I: Dramatis personae
      First Series: Mormonisms | 55
      Second Series: Transhumanisms | 76
      Third Series: Mormon Transhumanism | 94
      Part II: Mormon/Transhuman
      Fourth Series: Kolob runs on Domo | 113
      Fifth Series: Discipline, Belief, and Speculative Religion | 136
      Part III: Science Fictions
      Sixth Series: Freezing, Burying, Burning | 161
      Seventh Series: “as if awakening from a night’s sleep” | 211
      Eighth Series: Worlds without End | 240
      Ninth Series: Queer Polygamy | 256
      Series: Problems, Planes, and Lines of Flight | 293
      Acknowledgments | 303
      Notes | 307
      Bibliography | 327
      Index | 353

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