TY - BOOK AU - Thweatt-Bates,Jeanine TI - Cyborg selves: a theological anthropology of the posthuman T2 - Ashgate science and religion series SN - 9781409421429 AV - BL256 .T55 2012eb U1 - 233 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Theological anthropology KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Human evolution KW - Human beings KW - Forecasting KW - Cyborgs KW - Anthropologie théologique KW - Anthropologie philosophique KW - Êtres humains KW - Évolution KW - Prévision KW - philosophical anthropology KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - Anthropology KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The cyborg manifesto -- The transhumanist manifesto -- Post-anthropologies -- Theological anthropologies -- Constructing a theological post-anthropology -- Christology and the posthuman N2 - What is the "posthuman?" Is becoming posthuman inevitable-something which will happen to us, or something we will do to ourselves? Why do some long for it, while others fearfully reject it? This book aims to clarify current theological and philosophical dialogue on the posthuman by arguing that theologians must pay attention to which form of the posthuman they are engaging, and to demonstrate that a "posthuman theology" is not only possible, but desirable, when the vision of the posthuman is one which coincides with a theological vision of the human UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=444346 ER -