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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461572003321

Autore

Thweatt-Bates Jeanine

Titolo

Cyborg selves [[electronic resource] ] : a theological anthropology of the posthuman / / Jeanine Thweatt-Bates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-317-15517-3

1-317-15516-5

1-280-68967-6

9786613666611

1-4094-2142-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Ashgate science and religion series

Disciplina

233

Soggetti

Theological anthropology

Philosophical anthropology

Human evolution

Human beings - Forecasting

Cyborgs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Theology and the Posthuman; 1The Cyborg Manifesto; 2The Transhumanist Manifesto; 4Theological Anthropologies; 5Constructing a Theological Post-Anthropology; 6Christology and the Posthuman; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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? 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.