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020 _a9781589017801 1589017803
041 _aeng
050 _aBT741.3
_b.T73 2011
245 0 _aTranshumanism and transcendence :
_bChristian hope in an age of technological enhancement /
_cedited by Ronald Cole-Turner
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bGeorgetown University Press,
_c2011
300 _aviii, 219 p.
_b;
_c23 cm.
505 _aCover; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Transhumanist Challenge; 2 Contextualizing a Christian Perspective on Transcendence and Human Enhancement: Francis Bacon, N.F. Fedorov, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; 3 Transformation and the End of Enhancement: Insights from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; 4 Dignity and Enhancement in the Holy City; 5 Progress and Provolution: Will Transhumanism Leave Sin Behind?; 6 The Hopeful Cyborg; 7 Artificial Wombs and Cyborg Births: Postgenderism and Theology; 8 Taking Leave of the Animal? The Theological and Ethical Implications of Transhuman Projects.
650 _aHuman body--Religious aspects--Christianity.Theological anthropology--Christianity.Biotechnology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
700 _aCole-Turner, Ronald
999 _c44093
_d44093