Ron Cole-Turner of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019

Ron Cole-Turner is the Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion, and has served on the advisory board of the John Templeton Foundation and the Metanexus Institute. He is co-chair of the program unit on Human Enhancement and Transhumanism of the American Academy of Religion, and is the editor of Transhumanism and Transcendence and co-editor of Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church.

He will be speaking on "The Transhuman Christ".

The 2019 Christian Transhumanist Conference will be held October 19, 2019 in Nashville, TN. The keynote speaker is “Science Mike” McHargue, a former atheist who discovered God in science.

Tickets are available now.

For more information on Christian Transhumanism, and our mission to work against illness, hunger, oppression, injustice, and death, visit our webpage at www.christiantranshumanism.org.

We look forward to seeing you in Nashville in October!

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