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Transhumanism and Transcendence - Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R828
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Transhumanism and Transcendence - Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement (Paperback, New): Ronald Cole-Turner

Transhumanism and Transcendence - Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement (Paperback, New)

Ronald Cole-Turner

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The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement. Athletes use drugs to increase their strength or stamina; cosmetic surgery is widely used to improve physical appearance; millions of men take drugs like Viagra to enhance sexual performance. And today researchers are exploring technologies such as cell regeneration and implantable devices that interact directly with the brain. Some condemn these developments as a new kind of cheating -- not just in sports but in life itself -- promising rewards without effort and depriving us most of all of what it means to be authentic human beings. "Transhumanists," on the other hand, reject what they see as a rationalizing of human limits, as if being human means being content forever with underachieving bodies and brains. To be human, they insist, is to be restless with possibilities, always eager to transcend biological limits.

As the debate grows in urgency, how should theology respond? Christian theologians recognize truth on both sides of the argument, pointing out how the yearnings of the transhumanists -- if not their technological methods -- find deep affinities in Christian belief. In this volume, Ronald Cole-Turner has joined seasoned scholars and younger, emerging voices together to bringing fresh insight into the technologies that are already reshaping the future of Christian life and hope.

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Imprint: Georgetown University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2011
First published: 2013
Editors: Ronald Cole-Turner (H. Parker Sharp Professor)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 232
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-58901-780-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General
Books > Medicine > General issues > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
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LSN: 1-58901-780-3
Barcode: 9781589017801

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