Micah Redding
Location: Nashville, TN, United States
https://micahredding.com
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Software developer and Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association. Writer and speaker for TEDx, Vice Motherboard, Huffington Post, IEET, H+ Magazine. Producer of the Christian Transhumanist Podcast.

Rev. Peter H Christiansen
Location: South San Francisco, California, US

Unitarian Universalist parish minister, Assistant Minister First Unitarian Church of Berkeley 1967 - 1969; Senior Minister First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles 1970 - 1976; Senior Minister Unitarian Universalist Church Walnut Creek.

Emily Redding
Location: Nashville, TN, USA

Mika Mäki
Location: Tampere, , Finland
https://agenttix.kapsi.fi
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Calvin Mercer
Location: Greenville, NC, USA
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/religionprogram/mercer/

Dr. Calvin Mercer’s work on religion and transhumanism includes co-editing, along with UK scholar Steve Fuller, Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors, a new series that addresses human enhancement issues from all disciplines and points of view. Dr. Mercer is the co-editor of Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; reissued in paperback, 2014); The Body in Transhumanism: The World Religions Speak (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014); Religion and Transhumanism: The Unknown Future of Human Enhancement (Praeger, 2014); and Religion and Human Enhancement: Death, Values, and Morality (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). His scholarly articles on the topic are found in Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Theology and Science, Religions, and other edited books. He was founding chair of the “Human Enhancement and Transhumanism” Group at the American Academy of Religion. Some of his work is summarized in this podcast interview. Also trained in clinical psychology, Dr. Mercer practiced professionally part-time for over a decade and uses this discipline in his published work on religion, as exampled in his 2009 book by Praeger, Slaves to Faith: A Therapist Looks Inside the Fundamentalist Mind. He is professor of religious studies at East Carolina University and gives public lectures on the religious implications of human enhancement technology, fundamentalism, and other topics.

Jason Bursack
Location: , , USA

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Timothy Langer
Location: Roseville, Michigan, United States
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Philip Drew Helvey
Location: Brooksville, FL, United States

Mike Morrell
Location: Asheville, NC, United States

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Mike Morrell is the collaborating author, with Fr. Richard Rohr, on the best-selling 'Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation,' founder of Wisdom Camp, and a founding organizer of the justice, arts, and spirituality Wild Goose Festival. Mike curates contemplative and community experiences via Relational Yoga, the ManKind Project, and Authentic North Carolina, taking joy in holding space for the extraordinary transformation that can take place at the intersection of anticipation, imagination, and radical acceptance. Mike lives with his wife and two daughters in Asheville, North Carolina. You can read Mike’s ongoing exploration of Spirit, Culture, and Permaculture at MikeMorrell.org.

Jenne Erigero Alderks
Location: Bothell, Washington, United States

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I was born and raised Unitarian Universalist, while attending Methodist and Catholic affiliated schools. I went on the religious quest as a teenager, and as a result, I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the last 10 years, my religious quest has continued to seek truth across religious traditions and integrate truth “wherever it can be found.” Most recently, I am participating in a theology certificate program through the Graduate Theological Union. I currently identify as a Transhumanist Unitarian Gnostic Mormon Pagan but that can be more succinctly labeled as eclectic religious humanism. My educational background is in family studies and human development (with a graduate degree). I am a graduate of a startup incubator program working on a tech platform to engage Americans in working cooperatively to address poverty in the US. My company is currently in hibernation while I homeschool my three children, two of whom have special needs. My tech interests are deep learning and AI, particularly how they can be applied to social issues like poverty and resource distribution. My ideas for the CTA over the next 3 years include: virtual summits for a fun and tech forward way to bring people across the world together to discuss and learn about Christian Transhumanism, work groups form to tackle various social and health issues, state chapters, and startup weekend/maker events where people pitch concepts and get started on products and technologies. I think CTA’s primary strength is its focus on integrating all aspects of being using holistic methods. All pursuits of knowledge and understanding can be integrated into the holistic well-being of individuals and society. This philosophical underpinning can be an effective guide in finding balance between disparate fields of inquiry.

Lincoln Cannon
Location: Orem, Utah, United States
http://lincoln.metacannon.net/
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Lincoln Cannon is a technologist and philosopher, and leading advocate of technological evolution and postsecular religion. He is CEO at Thrivous, a human enhancement company. He is a founder and board member of the Christian Transhumanist Association. He is a founder, board member, and former president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. And he formulated the New God Argument, a logical argument for faith in God that is popular among religious Transhumanists.

Jonathan Gunnell
Location: Taringa, Queensland, Australia

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Australian, Engineer, Christian (mostly Anglican but also have been in Baptist and Charismatic/Pentecostal churches, honorary catholic occasionally in Spanish speaking places), work in construction. Keen to see Christianity impact the developing AI governance systems and coming technology changes. Fluent in Spanish, and in all English dialects of Christian-ese. Have enjoyed being on board for last few years. I want Christian Transhumanism to become more structured, and I want to use this election to promote the following: My overarching desires for CT are to be: 1. A clear conduit for the transforming and relevant gospel to remain with humans into the future. 2. A well-thought out and intellectually tenable system of thought, building on what is a currently a bunch of eclecticism. 3. Powerfully linking our two arms to make a compelling pitch to all, be they christians, transhumanists or neither. 4. Salt and light to the secular transhumanist movement which is sadly lacking in grace and riven with factionalism and "too hard" topics no-one dare broach

Aleksandar Djuricic
Location: Carmel, Indiana, United States

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Robert Walden Kurtz
Location: Angwin, California, United States
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Steve Allison
Location: Collierville, Tennessee,
https://outofthedepths.blogspot.com/

Semi-retired research and development engineer.

Ira Neal Locke
Location: El Paso, Tx, USA
http://fpcep.org
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Neal Locke is a former High School English teacher, current Presbyterian pastor, and future monastic bicentenarian. He holds an M.Div. and a Master of Arts in Education, both from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a husband and a father of three who enjoys using open source software, building virtual environments, and brewing his own beer. Ever the pioneer, Neal wrote his first program on a Commodore 64 in 1983, designed his first website in 1995, and was recognized by EdTech magazine in 2004 for being one of the first teachers in the nation to incorporate blogging in the classroom. In 2009 Neal helped to organize 1PCSL — a Presbyterian community that gathers weekly in the online virtual world of Second Life. Neal can be reached via Facebook, twitter, and Google+ using the handle “mstrlocke,” in Second Life via his avatar “Neill Loxingly,” and via his website at mrlocke.net.

Dr. Jamin Hubner
Location: Rapid City, SD, United States
https://independent.academia.edu/JaminH%C3%BCbner
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Dr. Jamin Hübner is a scholar, musician, and entrepreneur from South Dakota. Since leaving the farm in 2010, he finds joy in teaching, table tennis, outdoor-life, reading, writing, (real) coffee, and tea with his wife Jessica and their two rescue dogs Shosta and ζωή. As an academic, Dr. Hübner has a BA (Theology), MA (Religion), MS (Economics), ThD (Systematics), has taught in both the humanities and social sciences as an Associate Professor, and served as Department Chair, Academic Dean, and Director of Institutional Effectiveness in higher education. His areas of interest include religion, Christianity, New Testament studies, libertarian theory, economics, and systematic theology (especially intersections with bibliology, postmodernism, science, and gender). In addition to being an active member of numerous academic societies (ASA, CBE, ACE, AES, CETA, IAPCHE, SBL, AAR, ETS, ARL, etc.), he has been published in notable journals such as Toronto Journal of Theology, The Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, The Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters, The Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, The Journal of Religious Leadership, Libertarian Papers, The Canadian-American Theological Review, Priscilla Papers, The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Christian Libertarian Review, Pro Rege, Themelios, Reviewing Religion, and Faith and Thought. His popular works have been published by Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Foundation for Economic Education, In All Things, the Libertarian Christian Institute, and other venues. Dr. Hübner is also the founding General Editor of the Christian Libertarian Review, a peer-reviewer for The Canadian-American Theological Review and Priscilla Papers, an Executive Board member of Canadian-American Theological Association, and serves on the regional Program Committee for SBL/AAR. He speaks regularly at universities, churches, and other organizations. As a percussionist, Jamin has won area set competitions, taught private lessons, toured Eastern Europe in concert band and the Pacific Northwest in big band, and performed with notable musicians such as David Gluck, Grant Manhart, David Burgess, and Charles Carey. As an entrepreneur, Jamin and Jessica run several small businesses, including vacation rentals. Jamin is also the Lead Architect of the Creative Common Law Project (creativecommonlaw.com), “a legal system for stateless societies.”

Mark Russell
Location: Canton, Georgia, United States
http://TheSingularity.com
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I love Jesus and love seeing how God is using and will use tech to connect and heal us. Very exciting times we are living in!

Nathan Albury
Location: Lewisville, Texas, United States

AKINLOYE JOSIAH
Location: Lagos, Lagos state, Nigeria
josiahakinloye.com
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I am Akinloye Josiah(oluwest) i am a futurist, and i have passion for new invention that improves humanity betterment of living... I am a Trahshumanist, a violinist, an Engineer, Inventor/problem solver... I believe the world can be a better place for humanity... and I believe in the movement to mars and colonization of other planets humans. I trust and have believe in the supreme being and Mother Nature. I am also in support of 2045 Initiative (immortality/Anti-Aging).

Paul Wallace
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Blaire Ostler
Location: Provo, Utah,
https://www.blaireostler.com/
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Blaire Ostler is a philosopher focusing on the intersections of religious transhumanism and queer feminism. She is a board member and former CEO of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Blaire holds a degree in design from the International Academy of Design and Technology-Seattle. She is currently pursuing a second degree in philosophy with an emphasis in gender studies.

Brian Sigmon
Location: Kingston Springs, Tennessee, United States
http://starstruckchristian.wordpress.com
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Brian O. Sigmon is acquisitions editor at The United Methodist Publishing House, where he edits books, Bible studies, and official resources for The United Methodist Church. He has a Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies from Marquette University, where he taught courses in the Bible and theology. Brian finds great joy in thinking deeply about the Christian faith and its future, as well as helping people of all backgrounds deepen their understanding of Scripture. He blogs about the Bible, theology, and the universe at starstruckchristian.wordpress.com. Brian lives in Kingston Springs, Tennessee with his wife Amy and their three children.

Mike McHargue
Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA
https://mikemchargue.com

Host of Ask Science Mike

Jon Collins
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
jonpdx.com
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Explainer, Portlander, Co-founder of Epipheo, Co-founder of BibleProject.

Rev. Omar Reyes
Location: New market, Alabama, United States
http://christchurchalbertville.org/
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To contribute direction and innovative insight to ministry, resulting in effective teaching and spiritual growth at individual and group levels. From working with Tim Keller to participating in urban church plants and serving the rural parishioners of a Canadian province, my diverse background informs and enriches the practical and spiritual application of my Master of Arts degree.

Giulio Prisco
Location: Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
https://turingchurch.net
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Writer, futurist, sometime philosopher.

Carl Youngblood
Location: Provo, Utah, USA
http://youngbloods.org
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Founding member of the MTA and CTA. Software engineer, musician and armchair philosopher.

Christopher Benek
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
http://www.christopherbenek.com
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The Rev. Dr. Christopher J. Benek is the Founding Chair of the Christian Transhumanist Association. Dr. Benek and his social and religious commentary have been featured on/in the following media sources among others: BBC Radio, The New York Times, Yahoo News, Christianity Today, SI.com, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Worldcrunch, The Christian Post, The Associated Press, Russia Today, Le Monde, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Newsmax TV, Gizmodo, H+ Magazine, UK Daily Mail, The Guardian, Big Think, The Atlantic and The Huffington Post.

Lorilee Medders
Location: Boone, NC, United States

Robert Keyes
Location: , OH, United States
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David Pizer
Location: , Arizona, United States
https://www.anawesomejourneybook.org/
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Early transhumanist Signed up for cryonics in the early 1980s retired VP of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. President of the Society for Venturists. There first cryonics church. Author of a novel that combines christianity with technology. https://www.anawesomejourneybook.org/ Hosted two cryonics conventions at fellow cryonicsts, Don Laughlin in Laughlin Nevada. was on the cover of Wall Street Journal with story about cryonics trust I initiated. Glad to see Christianity and technology coming together as I described in my novel An Awesome Journey how Technology can give more time to persons who are trying to acquire faith. Let me know if there is an Arizona chapter where members meet or if we want to build on here.