Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editor Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Posthuman Is Post-what? -- Critical Public Theology -- Transhumanism: What Does It Mean? -- From The Anthropocene To The Technosapien Period -- Public Theologians And Religious Transhumanists -- Notes -- Part I: Techno-utopia? Where Are Transhumanists Leading Us? -- Chapter 1: Homo Deus Or Frankenstein's Monster?: Religious Transhumanism And Its Critics -- From The Human To The Posthuman Via The Transhuman -- Cybernetic Immortality And Radial Life Extension Singularity And Salvation -- A Survey: Axial Religions Respond To Rle And H+ -- Prometheus And Frankenstein -- Religion And Science As Critical Discourse -- The Eschatological Proviso -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Are We Becoming God(s)?: Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Antihumanism, And The Divine -- Question 1. Are We Becoming God(s)? Transhumanism And The Divine -- Question 2. Are We Playing God With Techno-enhancement? -- Question 3. Are We Being God(s)? Philosophical Posthumanism And The Divine -- Question 4. Are We Killing God(s)? Antihumanism And The Divine -- Conclusions -- Notes Part Ii: What Are Religious Transhumanists And Their Critics Saying? -- Chapter 3: Mormon Transhumanism -- Mormonism -- Post-secular Religion -- Technological Evolution -- Transhumanism -- Misrecognized Religiosity -- Accelerating Change -- Myths And Visions -- New God Argument -- Mormonism Mandates Transhumanism -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Pre-original Buddhism And The Transhumanist Imperative -- Original Buddhism -- Pre-original Buddhism -- What Did The Buddha Know And When Did He Know It? -- Historical Development Of Transhumanism -- Pre-original Buddhism Meets Transhumanism Was Franklin Merrell-wolff The Original Buddhist Transhumanist? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Unitarian Universalists As Critical Transhumanists -- Background: The Enlightenment Sieve -- Evolution, Humanism, And Eugenics -- Post-world War Ii Techno-utopianism And The Emerging Transhumanists -- Bio-conservative Opposition To Transhumanism -- Virtues And Moral Enhancement -- Uus In Dialogue With The Transhuman Project -- Conclusion: Uus As Critical Transhumanists -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Perfecting Humanity In Confucianism And Transhumanism Perfecting Humanity In Confucianism: Cultivating The Mind-and-heart -- Original Humanity: Tiαn Mìng -- Existential Humanity: The Human Mind -- Restoration Of Original Humanity: Self-cultivation -- Human Perfection In Transhumanism: Manufacturing Superintelligence -- Posthuman -- Superintelligence -- Immortality -- Uploading -- Sage Or A Cyborg? -- Existential Humanity, Again -- Perfecting Humanity, Again -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Why Christian Transhumanism? -- What Drives These Transhumanist Visions? -- Christian Transhumanism As Conversation -- An Incarnational Model Of Engagement A Theology Of Technology. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.