Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension

2009. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-44859-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors

If the science of 'radical life extension' is realized and the technology becomes widely available, it would arguably have a more radical impact on humanity than any other development in history. This book is the first concerted effort to explore implications of radical life extension from the perspective of the world's major religious traditions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mercer, C.

Maher, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Living For 1,000 Years—Or Longer; Co-Editors D.F.Maher & C.Mercer Radical Life Extension: Technological Aspects; A.de Grey The Evidence-based Pursuit of Radical Life Extension; P.Estep Be Careful What You Wish For? Radical Life Extension Coram Deo: A Reformed Protestant Perspective; N.M.de S.Cameron & A.DeBaets Extreme Longevity Research: A Progressive Protestant Perspective; R.Cole-Turner Becoming Yet More Like God: A Jewish Perspective on Radical Life Extension; Rabbi E.N.Dorff Karma, Austerity, and Time-Cycles: Jainism and Radical Life Extension; S.Fohr Told You So: Extreme Longevity and Daoist Realization; L.Kohn Churning the Ocean of Milk: Imaging the Hindu Tantric Response to Radical Life Technologies; Jeffrey Lidke in collaboration with J.W.Dirnberger Two Wings of a Bird: Radical Life Extension from a Buddhist Perspective; D.F.Maher.A Thousand Years, Less Fifty: Toward a Quranic View of Extreme Longevity; A.Y.Musa Radical Life Extension: Implications forRoman Catholicism; T.L.Nichols 'May You Live Long': Religious Implications of Extreme Longevity in Hinduism; A.Sharma Afterword: Theological, Spiritual, and Ethical Reflections on Radical Life Extension; T.Peters

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald Cole-Turner Nigel M. De. S. Cameron Aubrey De Grey Amy Debaets Jacob W. Dirnberger Rabbi Elliot N, Dorff Preston Estep Sherry Fohr Livia Kohn Jeffrey Kohn Aisha Y. Musa Terence L. Nichols Ted Peters Arvind Sharma