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Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction: Why the Church Should Pay Attention to Transhumanism
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    Chapter 2 From Lamech to Bezalel: Biblical Reflections on the Polyvalence of “Technology”
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    Chapter 3 Dragons and Dog-Headed Saints: Some Medieval Perspectives on the Significance of the Human Form
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    Chapter 4 “When That Which Is Perfect Is Come”: Henry Drummond and “The Changed Life”
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    Chapter 5 Christianity’s Rigged Debate with Transhumanism
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    Chapter 6 The Imago Dei and the Imago Mundi
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    Chapter 7 Nietzsche’s Power Ontology and Transhumanism: Or Why Christians Cannot Be Transhumanists
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    Chapter 8 The Failed Fictions of Transhumanism
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    Chapter 9 Do Bigger Brains Mean Smaller Gods? Cognitive Science and Theological Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church (or, Why We Can’t Outrun Faith)
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    Chapter 10 Will the Transhuman Future Be Good or Bad for Humanity?
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    Chapter 11 Origin Stories: Superheroes, Cyborgs, Artificial Intelligences (and Other Humans and Posthumans)
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    Chapter 12 Even Cyborgs Cast a Shadow: Christian Resources and Responsibilities in Response to Transhumanism
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    Chapter 13 Rivalry, Control, and Transhumanist Desire
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    Chapter 14 Epilogue: The Church—Bigger Bangs Are Coming
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    Chapter 15 Epilogue: People of Vision, Communities of Discernment
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Title
Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church
Published by
Springer International Publishing, July 2018
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-90323-1
ISBNs
978-3-31-990322-4, 978-3-31-990323-1
Editors

Donaldson, Steve, Cole-Turner, Ron

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Country Count As %
Unknown 8 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 38%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 13%
Researcher 1 13%
Unknown 3 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Philosophy 2 25%
Social Sciences 2 25%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 13%
Unknown 3 38%