THE TRANSHUMANISM, A NEW RELIGION? A CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE ON THE PHENOMENON

Author:

Pandele Dorin Gabriel1

Affiliation:

1. University of Low Danube

Abstract

The emergence of a new phenomenon in the mid-twentieth century known as transhumanism has been generating a series of interesting and controversial debates, all over the world. Genetic manipulation, the efforts and the risks to conquer the human immortality, have challenged Christianity and contemporary philosophy. This article aims to highlight the points of view of Christian theology in general, as well as Orthodox in particular on the phenomenon. Beyond the polemical rhetoric involved in the necessary debate, it is important to be able to draw the mark of a possible dialogue between Orthodox theology and the current of transhumanism, which tends to gradually become a new Religion.

Publisher

SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society

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