Transhumanism Conference at Samford University
Posted: March 10, 2018 at 10:41 am
Theological Reflections on Technology and Human Enhancement
Technology has changed our world dramatically over the past century and promises to change it more rapidly in coming years. Emerging computer and biomedical technologies have the potential to revolutionize our bodies and perhaps our understanding of human nature. Transhumanism is the name for the movement that enthusiastically embraces the opportunity to transcend bodily limits with new technology, especially the possibility of extending the human lifespan and increasing mental and physical abilities. Its most optimistic advocates predict a future where death has been defeated through the power to reverse biological processes or offload mental states onto computers. What should be the response of the church to Transhumanism and the technological possibilities for human enhancement that are on the horizon?
In September 2015, the Samford Center for Science and Religion held a conference on Transhumanism and the Church as a way to promote critical reflection and public understanding on an issue that will become increasingly important in future decades. The keynote lectures for the conference can be found in the video player and playlist at the top of this page.
Pittsburgh Theological SeminaryEditor of Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement
The College of New JerseyAuthor of Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman
Arizona State UniversityAuthor of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodiesand What It Means to be Human
Samford UniversityAuthor of Dimensions of Faith: Understanding Faith Through the Lens of Science and Religion (forthcoming)
Oxford UniversityAuthor of Eschatology and the Technological Future
St. Louis UniversityCo-Author of Chasing After Virtue: Neuroscience, Economics, and the Biopolitics of Morality (forthcoming)
Emory UniversityAuthor of Biblical Theology: Problems and Prospects
Wheaton College
Author of Prophets of the Posthuman: American Literature, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood
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Transhumanism Conference at Samford University
- Transhumanism, Psychological Warfare and B.E.P.'s "Imma Be" [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism: The Scientific Pursuit of The Supernatural [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism in fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism Bionic Limbs & Eyes move and see using Mind Controlled Microchips Mar 01, 2015 - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- The Giant of Metropolis movie mixes Atlantis mythology with transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Steve Quayle & Tom Horn 2015 SATANIC WAR FOR FUTURE AND TRANSHUMANISM - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- BioTech Today: Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- #104 Grimerica Talks Transhumanism with Zoltan Istvan - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Alex Ansary Interviews Tom Horn about Transhumanism - OTBTV Archives (2007) - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Cyborg predicts Transhumanism rampant by 2040 - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Lying Talks Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Before the First Cup with Jules - Nanotech, Synthetic Biology, Transhumanism & FDA Fraud 2-16-2015 - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Illuminati End of Days Part 4 Cloning/Transhumanism Mark of the Beast - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Post-Human An Introduction to Transhumanism | The Sutasoma Institute via B.I.O.P.S - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Minority Report Transhumanism By 2054 - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Transhumanism : Memories could soon be 'uploaded' or 'implanted' into your Brain (Feb 25, 2015) - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- Kent,cursing,funerals,loosening,Ron Wyatt,Transhumanism,Gog/Magog,Pilate,Shroud of turin,Adam&Eve - Video [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2015]
- AI, Transhumanism, Merging with Superintelligence + Singularity Explained - Video [Last Updated On: March 6th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 6th, 2015]
- #066 Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 6th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 6th, 2015]
- The Future of Web and Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- Are 'Transhumanists' Trying to Play God? [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- When Adam Plays God: Why Transhumanism Won't End Well [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- Animal Human Hybrids , Transhumanism, and The Bible :The ... [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- Transhuman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- Transhumanism and current debates in Philosophy | Prof Judith Butler - Video [Last Updated On: March 8th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 8th, 2015]
- Company That Believes in Utopian Singularity to Rate Websites on the Basis of Truthfulness [Last Updated On: March 11th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 11th, 2015]
- Carvajal: Prejudice [Last Updated On: March 11th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 11th, 2015]
- Video Request-Transhumanism and What Happens After Death - Video [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 14th, 2015]
- Tranhumanist CEO Wants to Help You Live Forever [Last Updated On: March 16th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 16th, 2015]
- Transhuman - TV Tropes [Last Updated On: March 16th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 16th, 2015]
- Transhumanism in The Machine 2013 AD movie - Video [Last Updated On: March 20th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 20th, 2015]
- Harvesting Aborted Babies and Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 20th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 20th, 2015]
- Marc Goodman: Cyber Security, Transhumanism, & Future Crimes - #203 - Video [Last Updated On: March 20th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 20th, 2015]
- Satanic Disney's Big Hero 666 Illuminati Mind Control 4 Children! Transhumanism EXPOSED 720p - Video [Last Updated On: March 22nd, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 22nd, 2015]
- Attack On The Masculine and The Feminine - Social Engineering: Sodomy, Feminism, Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 23rd, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 23rd, 2015]
- Transhumanism - Becoming A God - Video [Last Updated On: March 23rd, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 23rd, 2015]
- Liberate RVA Couched X -- Mandatory Voting, Sociopaths, & Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 27th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 27th, 2015]
- Transhumanism immortality in Space 1999 episode End of Eternity - Video [Last Updated On: March 29th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 29th, 2015]
- Transhumanism - Spring 2015 Meeting #10 - Video [Last Updated On: March 29th, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 29th, 2015]
- Discerning the Spirits of the Devil: Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: March 31st, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2015]
- Unlock the Door with Michael Cross - 2030 in Transhumanism, Robotics & AI in Society 3-28-2015 - Video [Last Updated On: March 31st, 2015] [Originally Added On: March 31st, 2015]
- Alchemy & The Rise of The Beast - Strong Delusion Through Science Transhumanism, Genetic Hybrids - Video [Last Updated On: April 2nd, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 2nd, 2015]
- DEUS EX: Mankind Divided [Transhumanism and Bible Prophecy] - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- Bostrom's Transhumanism (2) - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- Bostrom's Transhumanism (1) - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- Roundtable: Transhumanism as an Updated Version of Humanity's Divine Image - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- COG - Automation:Transhumanism - Part 2 - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- COG - Automation / Transhumanism - Part 1 - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- Careful What You Wish For..Transhumanism is her NAME! - Video [Last Updated On: April 12th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 12th, 2015]
- Feminism, Transhumanism, and SJW's - Video [Last Updated On: April 14th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 14th, 2015]
- Jupiter Ascending: Aliens or Fallen Angels? Book of Enoch, Mystery Babylon and Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: April 14th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 14th, 2015]
- Half Audio: Jay w/Patrick Henningsen - Germanwings, Yemen/Iran and Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: April 14th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 14th, 2015]
- What Transhumanism means to you and Technological enhancement wishes response 4 - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- Transhumanism - An Ethical Dilemma - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- Transhumanism is Satanic and Antichrist - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- HYBRIDS, NEPHILIM, HUMAN GENETIC ENGINEERING & TRANSHUMANISM - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- SEX, DNA & TRANSHUMANISM - PT 4 - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- SEX, DNA & TRANSHUMANISM - PT 3 - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- SEX, DNA & TRANSHUMANISM - PT 2 - Video [Last Updated On: April 17th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 17th, 2015]
- What Transhumanism means to you and Technological enhancement 18 wishes response - Video [Last Updated On: April 20th, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 20th, 2015]
- Eckerd Responds to Transhumanism D. Stephens - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
- Eckerd Responds to Transhumanism J. - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
- Lecture IES 3 april - Engineering, energy and transhumanism by Laurens Wes - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
- What Transhumanism means to you and Technological enhancement wishes response 3 - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
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- What Transhumanism means to you and Technological enhancement wishes response 1 - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
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- Different forms of Transhumanism - Video [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2015]
- Transhumanism and Genetic Manipulation (Lifting the Curtain: Lesson 8) - Video [Last Updated On: April 22nd, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 22nd, 2015]
- What Transhumanism means to you and Technological enhancement wishes response 13 - Video [Last Updated On: April 22nd, 2015] [Originally Added On: April 22nd, 2015]
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