Research Catalog

Title

Transhumanism and the body : the world religions speak / edited by Calvin Mercer and Derek F. Maher.

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Mercer, Calvin R.
• Maher, Derek F.

Description

xvii, 217 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

As a result of the fast-developing array of human enhancement therapies and technologies - commonly subsumed under the term "transhumanism" - the "flesh and blood" body of the human species may be significantly modified in the immediate future, or eventually eliminated, if some have their way. The proposed 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.

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in the future of humanity and its successors

Subject

• Human body > Religious aspects
• Körper
• Transhumanismus
• Religion
• Social sciences
• Religions
• Ethics
• Sociology
• Cognitive psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The transhumanist FAQ : a general introduction / Nick Bostrom -- Buddhism : the transformed body in Buddhism / Derek F. Maher -- Daoism -- enhancing cosmic energy : the Daoist body in the twenty-first century / Livia Kohn -- Hinduism : many paths, many births / Christopher Key Chapple -- Islam -- God's deputy : Islam and transhumanism / Hamid Mavani -- Jainism : the good life and the transcendence of death / Christopher Key Chapple -- Judaism -- the body belongs to God : Judaism and transhumanism / Elliot N. Dorff -- Mormonism -- suffering, agency, and redemption : Mormonism and transhumanism / Adam S. Miller -- Protestant Christianity -- sorting out soma in the debate about transhumanism : one Protestant's perspective / Calvin Mercer -- Roman Catholic Christianity -- embodiment and relationality : Roman Catholic concerns about transhumanist proposals / James F. Keenan -- Afterword -- Concluding reflections : yearning for enhancement / Ronald Cole-Turner -- Works cited -- About the contributors -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781137365835 (alk. paper)
• 1137365838 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014007261

OCLC

880541442

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library