Natality, Mortality, and Post/Humanity
Theological engagements with the post/human often take transhumanism as the primary dialogue partner, leading to critiques of transhumanist visions of disembodied futures as "technognosticism." Taking the Incarnation as a theological reference point requires the Christian theologian to thi...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2021
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2021, Issue: 3, Pages: 77-88 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Transhumanism
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/ Incarnation
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Human fertility
B Posthumanism |
| Summary: | Theological engagements with the post/human often take transhumanism as the primary dialogue partner, leading to critiques of transhumanist visions of disembodied futures as "technognosticism." Taking the Incarnation as a theological reference point requires the Christian theologian to think through what it is about embodiment that is necessary, and what should endure as we contemplate and begin to construct what the post/human means. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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