Human Technological Enhancement and Theological Anthropology

A cross-disciplinary theological engagement with proposals for the technological enhancement of humans, including radical life extension, mind-uploading, mood enhancement and moral enhancement. This work draws on metaphor studies, cognitive sciences, and literary studies to develop an account of human creativity in relation to divine creativity.

List of contents

Part I. Understanding the Challenges: 1. Visions of human enhancement; 2. Human creativity; Part II. Responding Theologically to Human Enhancement: 3. Humans as 'created co-creators'; 4. Co-creation and the imagination; 5. Humans as 'sub-creators'; Part III. Seeking a Synthesis: 6. A new model of human creativity; 7. A productive approach.

About the author

Victoria Lorrimar is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Trinity College Queensland, Australian College of Theology, University of Queensland.

Summary

A cross-disciplinary theological engagement with proposals for the technological enhancement of humans, including radical life extension, mind-uploading, mood enhancement and moral enhancement. This work draws on metaphor studies, cognitive sciences, and literary studies to develop an account of human creativity in relation to divine creativity.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Lorrimar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781316515020
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51502-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, History of Science, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics