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Foreword |
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Preface |
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PART I TECHNO-UTOPIA? WHERE ARE TRANSHUMANISTS LEADING US? |
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1 Homo Deus or Frankenstein's Monster?: Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics |
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2 Are We Becoming God(s)?: Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Antihumanism, and the Divine |
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PART II WHAT ARE RELIGIOUS TRANSHUMANISTS AND THEIR CRITICS SAYING? |
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4 Pre-Original Buddhism and the Transhumanist Imperative |
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5 Unitarian Universalists as Critical Transhumanists |
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6 Perfecting Humanity in Confucianism and Transhumanism |
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7 Why Christian Transhumanism? |
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8 Steps toward a Theology of Christian Transhumanism |
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129 | (14) |
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9 A Roman Catholic View: Technological Progress? Yes. Transhumanism? No |
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10 Technological Theosisl: An Eastern Orthodox Critique of Religious Transhumanism |
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11 The Transhumanist Pied Pipers: A Jewish Caution against False Messianism |
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PART III THE H+ FUTURE: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? |
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12 Cyborg, Gender, and the Posthuman Self |
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13 A Virtual Ghost in the Digital Machine: Whole Brain Emulation, Disembodied Gender, and Queer Mystical Animality |
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14 Copulation, Masturbation, and Sex Bots: Ethical Implication of AI as My Buddy in Bed |
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249 | (12) |
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15 The Transhumanist Threat to Plants and Animals: An Exercise in Ecofeminist Critical Theory |
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261 | (10) |
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16 Transhumanism, Theological Anthropology, and the Ethics of Ambiguity |
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271 | (8) |
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17 The iCalf, Relationality, and the Extended Body: Evaluations of Different Notions of Post/Transhumanism |
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279 | (14) |
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PART IV IS H+ SOUND SCIENTIFICALLY? PHILOSOPHICALLY? THEOLOGICALLY? |
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18 Is Transhumanism Good Science, Bad Science, or Pseudoscience? |
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19 Ghosts or Zombies: On Keeping Body and Soul Together |
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309 | (12) |
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20 In Praise of Boundaries: Understanding Mortality as an Ally |
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21 Homo Gubernator as a Teilhardian-Catholic Response to Transhumanism |
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341 | (14) |
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22 Will Transhumanism Reach Point Omega? |
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355 | (16) |
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23 Resurrection and the Transhumanist Promise |
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24 Moral Enhancement, the Virtues, and Transhumanism: Moving beyond Gene Editing |
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25 Epilogue: Introducing a New Transhumanist Theology |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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About the Contributors |
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