{"product_id":"religious-transhumanism-and-its-critics-9781498584135","title":"Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Techno-Utopia? Where Are Transhumanists Leading Us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Homo Deus or Frankenstein's Monster? Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Peters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Are We Becoming God(s)? Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Antihumanism, and the Divine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancesca Ferrando\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: What Are Religious Transhumanists and Their Critics Saying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Mormon Transhumanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Cannon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Pre-Original Buddhism and the Transhumanist Imperative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael LaTorra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Unitarian Universalists as Critical Transhumanists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Hughes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Confucian Religious Sensibility and Transhumanist Anthropology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeup Young Kim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Why Christian Transhumanism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicah Redding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Steps Toward a Theology of Christian Transhumanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald Cole-Turner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: A Roman Catholic View: Technological Progress? Yes. Transhumanism? No.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Patrick Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Technological Theosis? An Eastern Orthodox Critique of Religious Transhumanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon Gallaher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Transhumanist Pied Pipers: A Jewish Caution against False Messianism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHava Tirosch-Samuelson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: The H+ Future: What are the Issues?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Cyborg, Gender, and the Posthuman Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Jeanine Thweatt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: A Virtual Ghost in the Digital Machine: Whole Brain Emulation, Disembodied Gender, and Queer Mystical Animality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Emerson Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Copulation, Masturbation, and Sex Bots: Ethical Implication of AI as My Buddy in Bed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabeth Gerle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: The Transhumanist Threat to Plants and Animals: An Exercise in Eco-Feminist Critical Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIris Ralph and Peter I-min Huang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Transhumanism, Theological Anthropology, and the Ethics of Ambiguity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitney A. Bauman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: The iCalf, Relationality, and the Extended Body: Evaluations of Different Notions of Post\/Transhumanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus Mühling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Is H+ Sound Scientifically? Philosophically? Theologically?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Transhumanism: Good Science? Bad Science? Pseudo-Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArvin Gouw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Ghosts or Zombies: On Keeping Body and Soul Together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoreen Herzfeld\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: In Praise of Boundaries: Understanding Mortality as an Ally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNelson R. Kellogg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Homo Gubernator as a Teilhardian-Catholic Response to Transhumanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevi Checketts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Will Transhumanism Reach Point Omega?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlia Delio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Resurrection, and the Transhumanist Promise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelia E. Deane-Drummond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Moral Enhancement, the Virtues, and Transhumanism: Moving Beyond Gene Editing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraden Molhoek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Epilogue: Introducing a New Transhumanist Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArvin Gouw\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040842318167,"sku":"9781498584135","price":100.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498584135.jpg?v=1750948028","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religious-transhumanism-and-its-critics-9781498584135","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}