The Ebullient Transhumanist and the Sober Theologian

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transhumanism, H , superintelligence, Singularity, radical life extension, cybernetic immortality, Gnosticism, public theology

Abstract

The worldwide transhumanist (H+) movement upgrades technological hopes and expectations to a level of religious fervor. When looking through the eyes of the public theologian, we see in H+ a disguised religion replete with faith in techno-salvation and even immortality. This is unrealistic. Apologetic theologians can offer the wider public a more realistic assessment of technology's potential while providing genuine hope in a future vision based on divine promise.

Author Biography

Ted Peters, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA, USA

Ted Peters (Ph.D., University of Chicago) teaches systematic theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He is author  of God--The World's Future (Fortress, 3rd ed., 2015) and co-author of Evolution from Creation to New Creation (Abingdon 2002). Along with two colleagues he is editing a new book, Religious Transhumanism and its Critics (Lexington). He is author of a fiction thriller with a Transhumanist plot, Cyrus Twelve, with Aprocryphile Press. Visit his website: TedsTimelyTake.com

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PETERS, Ted. The Ebullient Transhumanist and the Sober Theologian. Scientia et Fides. Online. 26 September 2019. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 97-117. [Accessed 18 March 2025].

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