Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Living for 1,000 Years—or Longer

   • Derek F. Maher, Calvin Mercer

   Pages 1-11

3. Radical Life Extension: Technological Aspects

   • Aubrey de Grey

   Pages 13-24

4. The Evidence-based Pursuit of Radical Life Extension

   • Pete Estep

   Pages 25-37

5. Be Careful What You Wish For? Radical Life Extension coram Deo: A Reformed Protestant Perspective

   • Nigel M. S. de Cameron, Amy Michelle DeBaets

   Pages 39-49

6. Extreme Longevity Research: A Progressive Protestant Perspective

   • Ronald Cole-Turner

   Pages 51-61

7. Becoming Yet More Like God: A Jewish Perspective on Radical Life Extension

   • Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff

   Pages 63-74

8. Karma, Austerity, and Time Cycles: Jainism and Radical Life Extension

   • Sherry E. Fohr

   Pages 75-84

9. Told You So: Extreme Longevity and Daoist Realization

   • Livia Kohn

   Pages 85-96

10. Churning the Ocean of Milk: Hindu Tantrism and Radical Life Technologies

    • Jeffrey S. Lidke, Jacob W. Dirnberger

    Pages 97-110

11. Two Wings of a Bird: Radical Life Extension from a Buddhist Perspective

    • Derek F. Maher

    Pages 111-121

12. A Thousand Years, Less Fifty: Toward a Quranic View of Extreme Longevity

    • Aisha Y. Musa

    Pages 123-131

13. Radical Life Extension: Implications for Roman Catholicism

    • Terence L. Nichols

    Pages 133-144

14. “May You Live Long”: Religious Implications of Extreme Longevity in Hinduism

    • Arvind Sharma

    Pages 145-154

15. Afterword: Theological, Spiritual, and Ethical Reflections on Radical Life Extension

    • Ted Peters

    Pages 155-168

16. Back Matter

    Pages 169-195

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If the science of 'radical life extension' is realized and the technology becomes widely available, it would arguably have a more radical impact on humanity than any other development in history. This book is the first concerted effort to explore implications of radical life extension from the perspective of the world's major religious traditions. 

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• religion
• research
• science
• technology
• traditions

"To say that the questions this volume raises are better than the answers it proposes does not for a moment diminish the value of this rich anthology of recent thinking in the study of radical life extension. Two masterful introductory papers describe the current state of medical and technological research and raise all the significant issues. The responses that follow from representatives of world religions are properly tentative and exploratory but extraordinarily provocative. They stretch the imagination and left this reader confronting his own mortality in a very different spirit. The writing throughout is accessible to the lay reader, but be prepared. This book may affect you in unanticipated ways." - Rabbi Neil Gillman, Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary

"In this fine study an outstanding group of scholars brings ancient religious traditions to bear on the possibilities for radical life extension.The results offer fascinating challenges to bothscience and religion as longevity inches toward eternity." - Bill J. Leonard, Dean of the School of Divinity and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University  

Ronald Cole-Turner Nigel M. De. S. Cameron Aubrey De Grey Amy Debaets Jacob W. Dirnberger Rabbi Elliot N, Dorff Preston Estep Sherry Fohr Livia Kohn Jeffrey Kohn Aisha Y. Musa Terence L. Nichols Ted Peters Arvind Sharma 

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