Human identity at the intersection of science, technology and religion /

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Imprint:Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Ashgate science and religion series
Ashgate science and religion series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11277749
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Other authors / contributors:Murphy, Nancey C.
Knight, Christopher C., 1952-
ISBN:140941051X
9781409410515
9781409410508
1409410501
1409410501
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Ideas of human nature in the West have always been shaped by the interplay of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. The fast pace of developments in the latter two spheres (neuroscience, genetics, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering) call for fresh reflections on what it means, now, to be human, and for theological and ethical judgments on how we might shape our own destiny in the future. The leading scholars in this book offer fresh contributions to the lively quest for an account of ourselves that does justice to current developments in theology, science, technology, and.
Other form:Print version: Human identity at the intersection of science, technology and religion. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010 9781409410508