Going beyond the human: Christians and other transhumanists
Today's transhumanists ask good questions about the human future. What about their answers? Is their version of transhumanism useful or acceptable to Christian theology today? No, at least not in its usual form. Transhumanism and Christianity divide on how we think about the cause of the change...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electronic/Print Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Routledge
2015
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Theology and science
Ano: 2015, Volume: 13, Número: 2, Páginas: 150-161 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | CF Cristianismo ; Ciência NBE Antropologia NCG Ética ecológica ; ética da criação |
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| Resumo: | Today's transhumanists ask good questions about the human future. What about their answers? Is their version of transhumanism useful or acceptable to Christian theology today? No, at least not in its usual form. Transhumanism and Christianity divide on how we think about the cause of the changes that lie ahead for humanity. For transhumanists, the cause or the agent of human transcendence is technology. For Christians, it is grace, the underserved goodness of God who gives life and wholeness to the creation. Our core question is whether it is proper for Christian theology to see technology as contributing in any way to the future that a gracious God has in store for the creation. Does God work through technology? Yes. We may contribute through technology to what God is doing; but it is always God's doing. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6700 |
| Obras secundárias: | In: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2015.1023525 |