The Technologisation of Grace and Theology: Meta-theological Insights from Transhumanism

This article examines some of the recent theological critiques of the movement of technological human enhancement known as ‘transhumanism’. Drawing on the comparisons between grace and technology often found in the theological discourse on transhumanism, this article argues that the Thomistic distin...

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Main Author: Leung, King-Ho (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2020]
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-495
IxTheo Classification:NAA Systematic theology
NBE Anthropology
NBK Soteriology
NCJ Ethics of science
Further subjects:B Transhumanism
B technological human enhancement
B Technology
B Grace and nature
B Teleology
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