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Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension

Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension

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What if you found out you could live a healthy life lasting for a thousand years or longer? Advances in biomedical technology raise the theoretical possibility that people could dramatically prolong or even indefinitely extend “healthy” human life. If this 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 the implications of radical life extension from the perspective of the world’s major religious traditions.

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Dr. Derek F. Maher is Co-Director of the Religious Studies Program and teaches courses on Buddhism, Islam, methodology, and religion and violence. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in the History of Religions, with an emphasis on Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. His research focuses on the interplay between religion, authority, and legitimacy. In particular, he studies how religious narratives influence other forms of discourse, particularly political, historical, and biographical accounts. His recent publications include: “The Rhetoric of War in Tibet: Towards a Buddhist Just War Theory” in Journal of Political Theology 9:2 (2008) and “The Dalai Lamas and State Power” in Religion Compass 2 (2007). His current research includes an annotated translation of the classic two-volume One Hundred Thousand Moons: A Political History of Tibet by Tsepon Shakabpa, forthcoming in 2009. He has conducted field research in India under the auspices of a Fulbright-Hays dissertation grant. His background in physics enlivens his interest in the relationship between religion and science.

Dr. Calvin Mercer is Professor of Religious Studies at East Carolina University, where he recently received a “Scholar-Teacher” award and is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Studies Program. Most of his research is in the impact of human enhancement technologies, psychology of religion, and biblical studies, with an emphasis on the role of the Bible in modern culture. Dr. Mercer has organized panels titled “Radical Life Extension: What Religions Have to Say” for annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion. He is a founding member and first chair of the academy’s “Transhumanism and Religion” consultation. rained in clinical psychology, he practiced professionally part-time for over a decade and utilizes insights from this discipline in his research. His most recent book is Slaves to Faith: A Therapist Looks Inside the Fundamentalist Mind (2009). Dr. Mercer is the originator of The Monastic Project (www.ecu.edu/religionprogram/mercer/monastic.html), a comprehensive pedagogical program used by professors around the country that speaks to a deep yearning many people have for substantive religious experience. Dr. Mercer gives public lectures on the religious implications of radical life extension science, fundamentalism, and other topics.

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