Humans are unique in their ability to reflect on themselves. Recently a number of scholars have pointed out that human self-conceptions have a history. Ideas of human nature in the West have always been shaped by the interplay of philosophy theology science and technology. The fast pace of developments in the latter two spheres (neuroscience genetics artificial intelligence biomedical engineering) call for fresh reflections on what it means now to be human and for theological and ethical judgments on how we might shape our own destiny in the future. The leading scholars in this book offer fresh contributions to the lively quest for an account of ourselves that does justice to current developments in theology science technology and philosophy. Language: English