Cyborg selves : a theological anthropology of the posthuman / Jeanine Thweatt-Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thweatt-Bates, Jeanine.

Series:

Ashgate science and religion series.

Ashgate science and religion series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theological anthropology.

Philosophical anthropology.

Human evolution.

Human beings--Forecasting.

Human beings.

Cyborgs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57572-8

1-317-15517-3

1-317-15516-5

1-280-68967-6

9786613666611

1-4094-2142-2

9781315575728

OCLC:

784886033