Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension

ISBN-13: 9781349374700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 195 str.

Derek F. Maher; Calvin Mercer; C. Mercer

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"To say that the questions this volume raises are better than the answers it proposes does not for a moment diminish the value of this rich anthology of recent thinking in the study of radical life extension. Two masterful introductory papers describe the current state of medical and technological research and raise all the significant issues. The responses that follow from representatives of world religions are properly tentative and exploratory but extraordinarily provocative. They stretch the imagination and left this reader confronting his own mortality in a very different spirit. The writing throughout is accessible to the lay reader, but be prepared. This book may affect you in unanticipated ways." - Rabbi Neil Gillman, Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary

"In this fine study an outstanding group of scholars brings ancient religious traditions to bear on the possibilities for radical life extension.The results offer fascinating challenges to both science and religion as longevity inches toward eternity." - Bill J. Leonard, Dean of the School of Divinity and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University  

Spis treści

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 for Roman 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

O autorze

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