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On biotechnology, theology, and the human sciences [PDF]
, 2018 There may be very good Christian theological reasons to oppose human biotechnological enhancement. It is, however, difficult to discern what they are. Much of the specifically Christian response to transhumanist biotechnological enhancement has revolved ...
Jong, Jonathan
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Transhumanism as a positional good, economic inequality, and a response from Christian ethics
In die SkrifligEthical responses to transhumanism, even from secular points of departure, often use religious language in debating the merits of discussion, and phrases such as ‘playing God’ or ‘hubris’ are not rare.
Manitza Kotzé
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Automation and Augmentation in Theological Perspective
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract AI enables forms of automation that threaten unemployment and deskilling, eliminating important opportunities for the development of virtue. The concomitant loss of virtue and meaningful employment makes it a theological problem from the perspective of Catholic social teaching and theological anthropology.
Paul Scherz
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Transhumanism (dot) Mil: A Bibliometric Analysis of Technoprogressive Terms in Military Publications [PDF]
, 2020 Has transhumanism influenced military thinking? Previous work found that transhumanist terms did not appear widely in military publications. The present work analyzes and improves on previous content analysis of transhumanist terms in military literature
Evans, Woody
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“CONSCIENCE AND THE ENDS OF HUMANITY: CHRISTIAN HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The astonishing speed of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked reflections by theologians and philosophers on what distinctiveness, if any, human beings possess as individuals and as a species. This article addresses this question with respect to an ancient idea in Christian thought reaching back to St.
William Schweiker
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Space and Culture, India, 2020 Debates on intuition about transformed humankind in the future have led to the conception of transhumanism. It is a new philosophical movement to express the ideology that humanism will evolve by employing science and technology.
Narendiran S, Bhuvaneswari R
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Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the perception of artificial intelligence (AI) in religious education, comparing the views of Catholic religion teachers in Germany and Poland. The analysis focuses mainly on generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Claude, which have recently transformed educational and communicative ...
Mariusz Chrostowski, Paweł Mąkosa
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"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed"
Journal of Digital Social ResearchTranshumanism is a school of thought that promotes the enhancement of humanity through technological intervention (e.g., cloning, gene therapies, uploading one’s mind to a computer, nanotechnology).
Thomas Brooks +5 more
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Alignment of the Starlings: Learning With Generative AI
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT I will argue that answers to normative questions concerning the place of generative AI in learning rest on answers to ontological questions regarding (1) precisely what is happening when a human ‘interacts’ with generative AI and (2) What is distinctive about organic learning as opposed to currently existing ‘machine learning’ (3) What is the ...
Sean Watson
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Digital Theology: Is the Resurrection Virtual? [PDF]
, 2012 Many recent writers have developed a rich system of theological concepts inspired by computers. This is digital theology. Digital theology shares many elements of its eschatology with Christian post-millenarianism.
Steinhart, Eric
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