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An Evaluation of the Transhumanism and Posthumanism Literature in Türkiye

Kadem Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi
This study aims to critically examine the growing body of transhumanism and posthumanism literature in Turkish academia. In recent years, research produced across philosophy, theology, literary studies, cultural studies, and the social sciences has ...
Yaylagül Ceran Karataş
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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
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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
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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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TRANSHUMANISM AS A SECULARIST FAITH

Zygon, 2012
In the second half of the twentieth century, humanism— namely, the worldview that underpinned Western thought for several centuries—has been severely critiqued by philosophers who highlighted its theoretical and ethical limitations.
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Transhumanism (h+) vis-à-vis African Holism

African Theological Journal for Church and Society, 2023
Transhumanism (h+) is a social and philosophical movement that looks to enhance human cognitive and physiological conditions by developing technology to improve human health and extend human life, leading up to a digital version of eternal life on a ...
Robert Falconer
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Automation and Augmentation in Theological Perspective

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 612-628, July 2026.
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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MARGINALIZATION AND TRANSCENDENCE IN TRANSHUMANISM AND MINJUNG THEOLOGY

Zygon, 2023
The visibility of transhumanism in pop culture reveals its dramatic advance in twenty‐first‐century life. The more widespread the movement becomes, the more important it is to consider how transhumanism might be made relevant to global humanity.
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CONSCIENCE AND THE ENDS OF HUMANITY: CHRISTIAN HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 559-571, July 2026.
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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Transhumanist Religious Experience: Beyond Secular Faith?

Zygon
In this article, we advance a case for considering transhumanism as a religion. Following William James, we think of “religion” as a set of experiences that define and shape one’s identity. These may include peak experiences, the feeling of transcendence,
Adam Lovasz
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