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Transhumanism and the Body: The World Religions Speak (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors)
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Description for Transhumanism and the Body: The World Religions Speak (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors)
Hardcover. 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, Calvin R.; Maher, Derek F. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137365835
SKU
V9781137365835
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99-15
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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: The World Religions Speak (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors)
"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