A Hydra‐logical Approach: Acknowledging Complexity in the Study of Religion, Science, and Technology

Geraci, Robert M.

doi:10.1111/zygo.12650

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“…Primarily a Latin‐American Catholic movement at first (e.g., Gutiérrez [1973] 1988), liberation theology quickly became a concern for other Christian traditions and non‐Christian religions as well. While transhumanists are generally leery of institutional religions and resistant to being labeled religious or compared to institutional religions, we maintain that in addition to offering philosophical and social contributions, transhumanism fits within more than one reasonable definition of religion (see Amarasingam 2008; Geraci 2020). By adopting principles from liberation theology, transhumanism would become a better partner in the cultural process of human flourishing.…”

Section: Anticipating a Transhumanism Of Liberationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Marginalization and Transcendence in Transhumanism and Minjung Theology

Song¹,

Geraci²

2022

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The visibility of transhumanism in pop culture reveals its dramatic advance in twenty-first-century life. The more widespread the movement becomes, the more important it is to consider how transhumanism might be made relevant to global humanity. This article orients technological progress by drawing transhumanism into conversation with minjung theology from Korea. Minjung theology offers global tech culture-and its pursuit of technological salvation-an ethical foundation through attention to Han (an emotion specific to those who suffer from individual, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural oppression but have been unable to express it adequately) and the lived reality of those who are often excluded from benefits of technological society. Working in the other direction, transhumanist perspectives on technology offer minjung theology an opportunity to expand its reach through the development of a transcendent theological perspective.

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Section: Anticipating a Transhumanism Of Liberationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Marginalization and Transcendence in Transhumanism and Minjung Theology

Song¹,

Geraci²

2022

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“…This is the focus of scholars studying the problems of social welfare and state protection in the context of digitalization (Zhongyuan et al, 2020;Medvedeva et al, 2021), social exchange (Abubakar et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019), the possibility of improving the quality of life of people, especially children with disabilities, their socialization (Porayska-Pomsta et al, 2018). At the same time, the focus is on the formation of new approaches to solving social problems based on the interaction between science and religion (Geraci, 2020;Lee, 2019), social partnership (Frolova et al, 2016), highlighting the special role of religion in overcoming inequalities in the digital society (Singler, 2020a).…”

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Innovations in social service (education) in state-church relations in the conditions of digitalization of society and pandemic

al.¹

2022

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The purpose of the study was to identify innovative approaches to activities in the system of state-church relations in social service (education) within the framework of interaction between an Orthodox Monastery and the Russian State Social University. The interaction between St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Convent and Russian State Social University (RSCU) has developed from conceptual foundations to the formation of a training system for Orthodox media. This article is the first to identify innovations: implementation of a modular, continuous model for the development of orphans in modern society, combining the efforts of secular and spiritual education; unification of philosophy and worldview, both religious and cultural, in the context of the digitalization of society and pandemic restrictions; formation of a multi-vector model of education with simultaneous development in several professional (church) directions and (or) an increase in social significance; use of hybrid forms of preparation and conduct of classes in a secular and church educational environment. The strong point of the article is a systematic approach to the study of the problem and the identified innovations, which make it possible to improve social service in the context of the digitalization of society and the COVID 19 pandemic. The use of the results obtained by other researchers can serve to develop the system of state-church relations in social service (education) of different faiths.

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“…For a review of this approach to the relation between robots, technology, religion, and society, see the works of Takeshi Kimura (Kimura 2017), Sandu Frunză (Frunză 2019), and Robert. M. Geraci (Geraci 2020). For a review of interconnections between science and religion, see the work of Miroslav Karaba (Karaba 2021).…”

Section: The Robot Uprisingmentioning

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Robots, Extinction, and Salvation: On Altruism in Human–Posthuman Interactions

Odorčák

Bakošová

2021

Religions

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Posthumanism and transhumanism are philosophies that envision possible relations between humans and posthumans. Critical versions of posthumanism and transhumanism examine the idea of potential threats involved in human–posthuman interactions (i.e., species extinction, species domination, AI takeover) and propose precautionary measures against these threats by elaborating protocols for the prosocial use of technology. Critics of these philosophies usually argue against the reality of the threats or dispute the feasibility of the proposed measures. We take this debate back to its modern roots. The play that gave the world the term “robot” (R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots) is nowadays remembered mostly as a particular instance of an absurd apocalyptic vision about the doom of the human species through technology. However, we demonstrate that Karel Čapek assumed that a negative interpretation of human–posthuman interactions emerges mainly from the human inability to think clearly about extinction, spirituality, and technology. We propose that the conflictual interpretation of human–posthuman interactions can be overcome by embracing Čapek’s religiously and philosophically-inspired theory of altruism remediated by technology. We argue that this reinterpretation of altruism may strengthen the case for a more positive outlook on human–posthuman interactions.

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A Hydra‐logical Approach: Acknowledging Complexity in the Study of Religion, Science, and Technology

Cited by 4 publications

References 59 publications

Marginalization and Transcendence in Transhumanism and Minjung Theology

Marginalization and Transcendence in Transhumanism and Minjung Theology

Innovations in social service (education) in state-church relations in the conditions of digitalization of society and pandemic

Robots, Extinction, and Salvation: On Altruism in Human–Posthuman Interactions

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