Cyborg Selves

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Cyborg Selves

A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman

Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophy of religion Religion and science

Author: Jeanine Thweatt-Bates

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Collection: Routledge Science and Religion Series

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 13th May 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9781317155164


What is the ''posthuman''?

Is becoming posthuman inevitable—something which will happen to us, or something we will do to ourselves? Why do some long for it, while others fearfully reject it? These questions underscore the fact that the posthuman is a name for the unknown future, and therefore, not a single idea but a jumble of competing visions—some of which may be exciting, some of which may be frightening, and which is which depends on who you are, and what you desire to be.

This book aims to clarify current theological and philosophical dialogue on the posthuman by arguing that theologians must pay attention to which form of the posthuman they are engaging, and to demonstrate that a posthuman theology is not only possible, but desirable, when the vision of the posthuman is one which coincides with a theological vision of the human.

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