Editors:
- Calls on Christians to understand and engage with some of the deep issues facing the church in a technological, transhumanist future
- Considers how technology can help or harm genuine spiritual transformation
- Begins the process of crafting a vision that can inspire people to hope for God's transforming grace while living in a culture defined by technology's enhancing powers
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors (PSFHS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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How Did We Get Here?
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Front Matter
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Confronting Transhumanism: From Hype to Hope
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Front Matter
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Technology and the Church of the Future
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Back Matter
About this book
Christians have always been concerned with enhancement—now they are faced with significant questions about how technology can help or harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and technological enhancement different from each other? Are there theological insights and spiritual practices that can help Christians face the challenge of living in a technological world without being dangerously conformed to its values? This book calls on Christians to understand and engage the deep issues facing the church in a technological, transhumanist future.
Editors and Affiliations
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Samford University, Birmingham, AL, USA
Steve Donaldson
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ron Cole-Turner
About the editors
Steve Donaldson directs the computer science program and co-directs the computational biology program at Samford University. He is senior fellow and a co-founder of the Samford University Center for Science and Religion. Donaldson has authored Dimensions of Faith (2015) and co-authored A Little Book for New Scientists (2016).
Ron Cole-Turner teaches theology and ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where he holds the H. Parker Sharp Professorship. He is a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion, and currently serves as a vice president. Cole-Turner is the author and editor of several books on science, technology, and Christian theology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church
Book Subtitle: Chips in the Brain, Immortality, and the World of Tomorrow
Editors: Steve Donaldson, Ron Cole-Turner
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90323-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Palgrave Macmillan, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90322-4Published: 16 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07990-1Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90323-1Published: 02 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2945-6592
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6606
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 271
Topics: Religion and Society, Popular Science in Religious Studies, Philosophy of Technology