Christiian Transhumanism: A New Techno-Eschatological Interpretation Of Christianity

This study focuses on Christian Transhumanism as an example of the new approaches brought about by the "religion-technology" interaction. Christian transhumanism, which intermingles Christianity and Transhumanism and which, in this regard, is a religious transhumanist movement, makes use of both secular transhumanism and Christianity in its views on issues such as "fighting with pain, diseases, ageing, and even death; human development, transformation and creativity, and eschatology". Christian transhumanism has highlighted eschatological emphasis in its approach to the abovementioned issues. Hence, Christian transhumanism can be defined as a "techno-eschatological" movement. This study concludes that Christian transhumanism had opted to put its attitude in respect of the relationship between religion and technology, which has gradually turned into a theological problem for religions, in favour of both "religionization of technology" and the "technologicalization of religion", hence preferred the option of reconciliation.

Journal

DINBILIMLERI AKADEMIK ARASTIRMA DERGISI-JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN RELIGIOUS SCIENCES

Year

2021

Volume

21

Issue

2

Pages

815-845

ISSN

1303-9199

DOI

10.33415/Daad.938435

WoS UID

WOS:000704283100009