RT Article
T1 The Technologisation of Grace and Theology: Meta-theological Insights from Transhumanism
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 33
IS 4
SP 479
OP 495
A1 Leung, King-Ho
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1727038568
AB 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 distinction between healing grace and elevating grace can not only supplement the theological analysis of transhumanism and its ethical implications, but also help Christian theologians and ethicists become more aware of how the phenomenon of technology may have implicitly shaped the contemporary understanding of ‘grace’ as well as the task of theology as a spiritual and indeed ethical practice.
K1 Grace and nature
K1 technological human enhancement
K1 Technology
K1 Teleology
K1 Transhumanism
DO 10.1177/0953946820909747