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The US Religious Public and Radical Human Enhancements

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A radical enhancement to the human body or brain is defined as giving human capabilities that no past or present human has possessed. These are being developed by scientists and bioengineers and backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. This article reports on the first study of the US religious public's views of radical enhancements using a ...
John H. Evans
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Transhumanism as a positional good, economic inequality, and a response from Christian ethics

In die Skriflig
Ethical 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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Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs, Kevin Friesch, Joel Museba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Transhumanism

, 2022
Review of Sorgner, S. L. (2021). On Transhumanism. The Pennsylvania State University Press. Reseña de Sorgner, S. L. (2021). On Transhumanism. The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Urrutia Soto, Alvaro Patricio
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Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics

, 2022
Why do representatives of different religious traditions find the transhumanist vision of the future not only theologically compatible but even inspiring? Transhumanism is a global movement seeking radical human enhancement.
Peters, Ted, Green, Brian Patrick, Gouw, Arvin M.   +2 more
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TRANSHUMANISM - ROBOTICS INTERACTIONS

Journal of Energy : Energija, 2021
Thinking wrong that the humanistic ideal has already been realized, transhumanism is promoting the liberation of man by progressive overcoming of his own biological boundaries in order to improve his physical and mental abilities, as well as his life extension. From interaction between biomimetic robotics and transhumanism augmented man was born. But a
Vujačić, Sanja, Alayli, Yasser
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Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 1003-1021, September 2026.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed"

Journal of Digital Social Research
Transhumanism 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, Cole Rehbein, Stephen Reysen, Courtney Plante, Sharon Roberts, Andrew Tague   +5 more
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Posthumanism and Cybernetic Art: An Esthetic Exploration of Technology and Human Identity

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 469-481, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Posthumanism is a contemporary intellectual movement that redefines the relationship between humans, technology, biology, and culture. While questioning the traditional humanist perspective that places humans at the center of the universe, it also examines the transformative effects of technology on human identity.
Evren Kavukcu
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting Models of Deification: The Technological Anthropology of the AI Age and the Theological Anthropology of Early Christianity

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 299-317, July 2026.
Abstract Ancient ideas about human transformation and divinization have resurfaced in our cultural moment. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are raising afresh questions about what it means to be human and divine. The Oxford Handbook of Deification has arrived on the scene as its subject matter has splashed out of theological discourse into the
Andrew J. Byers
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