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Transhumanism and the Body
. Ed(S): Mercer, C.; Maher, Derek F.
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Description for Transhumanism and the Body
Paperback. This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body. Editor(s): Mercer, C.; Maher, Derek F. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRAC; JHB; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349473915
SKU
V9781349473915
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Mercer, C.; Maher, Derek F.
James J. Hughes, Trinity College, USA Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford, UK Livia Kohn, Boston University, USA Hamid Mavani, Claremont Graduate University, USA Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University, USA Rabbi Elliot Dorff, American University of Judaism, USA Adam Miller, Collin College, USA James F. Keenan, Boston College, USA Ron Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA
Reviews for Transhumanism and the Body
"It's time for religious folks to take a look at their bodies. Just how valuable is our body? It's time to ask this, because transhumanists are proposing a more highly evolved bodiless existence. Mercer and Maher ask us: do we really want to go there?" - Ted Peters, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, USA ... Read more