Published on January 20, 2015 by Steve Donaldson  

The Science and Christianity Faculty Cadre will meet during Spring, 2015 on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss the following books:

February 3: How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed (Ray Kurzweil)

March 3: Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood (Christina Bieber Lake)

April 7: Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision for Our Future Evolution (Ted Chu)

May 11: Dinner meeting for regular attendees
Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement (Ronald Cole-Turner)
 
All meetings are at 3:00 p.m. in 223 Russell Hall. The public is invited. These readings in preparation for the international conference on transhumanism and the church to be held at Samford September 24-26, 2015.
 
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