Ideas of human nature in the West have always been shaped by the interplay of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. The fast pace of developments in the latter two spheres (neuroscience, genetics, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering) call for fresh reflections on what it means, now, to be human, and for theological and ethical judgments on how we might shape our own destiny in the future. The leading scholars in this book offer fresh contributions to the lively quest for an account of ourselves that does justice to current developments in theology, science, technology, and philosophy.…mehr
Ideas of human nature in the West have always been shaped by the interplay of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. The fast pace of developments in the latter two spheres (neuroscience, genetics, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering) call for fresh reflections on what it means, now, to be human, and for theological and ethical judgments on how we might shape our own destiny in the future. The leading scholars in this book offer fresh contributions to the lively quest for an account of ourselves that does justice to current developments in theology, science, technology, and philosophy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nancey Murphy is Professor of Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA; Christopher C. Knight is Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion based at Benet House, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction, Nancey Murphy Part 1 The Limits of Religion, the Limits of Science Chapter 1 Homo Religiosus A Theological Proposal for a Scientific and Pluralistic Age, Christopher C. Knight Chapter 2 Religious Symbolism Engaging the Limits of Human Identification, F. LeRon Shults Chapter 3 Fundamentalism in Science, Theology, and the Academy, George F. R. Ellis Part 2 The Emergence of the Distinctively Human Chapter 4 Reductionism and Emergence A Critical Perspective, Nancey Murphy Chapter 5 Nonreductive Human Uniqueness Immaterial,Human and Artificial Intelligence A Theological Response, Noreen Herzfeld Chapter 7 The Emergence of Morality, James W. Haag Part 3 The Future of Human Identity Chapter 8 What Does It Mean to Be Human? Genetics and Human Identity, Martinez Hewlett Chapter 9 Distributed Identity, Wesley J. Wildman Chapter 10 Without a Horse, Noah Efron Chapter 11 From Human to Posthuman Theology and Technology, Brent Waters Chapter 12 Can We Enhance the Imago Dei?, Ted Peters
Preface Introduction, Nancey Murphy Part 1 The Limits of Religion, the Limits of Science Chapter 1 Homo Religiosus A Theological Proposal for a Scientific and Pluralistic Age, Christopher C. Knight Chapter 2 Religious Symbolism Engaging the Limits of Human Identification, F. LeRon Shults Chapter 3 Fundamentalism in Science, Theology, and the Academy, George F. R. Ellis Part 2 The Emergence of the Distinctively Human Chapter 4 Reductionism and Emergence A Critical Perspective, Nancey Murphy Chapter 5 Nonreductive Human Uniqueness Immaterial,Human and Artificial Intelligence A Theological Response, Noreen Herzfeld Chapter 7 The Emergence of Morality, James W. Haag Part 3 The Future of Human Identity Chapter 8 What Does It Mean to Be Human? Genetics and Human Identity, Martinez Hewlett Chapter 9 Distributed Identity, Wesley J. Wildman Chapter 10 Without a Horse, Noah Efron Chapter 11 From Human to Posthuman Theology and Technology, Brent Waters Chapter 12 Can We Enhance the Imago Dei?, Ted Peters
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