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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Main Author: Cole-Turner, Ronald 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2015
In: Theology and science
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-161
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
NBE Anthropology
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1474-6700
Contains:In: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2015.1023525