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Ira Neal Locke

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.

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Mark Russell

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!

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Robert Walden Kurtz

Robert Walden Kurtz
Location: Angwin, California, United States
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Jason Bursack

Jason Bursack
Location: , , USA

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Nathan Albury

Nathan Albury
Location: Lewisville, Texas, United States

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Mika Mäki

Mika Mäki
Location: , , Finland

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Rev. Peter H Christiansen

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.

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Paul Wallace

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Mike McHargue

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

Host of Ask Science Mike

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Lincoln Cannon

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.

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Lorenzo Barberis Canonico

Lorenzo Barberis Canonico
Location: Silicon Valley, California, USA
https://medium.com/@lorenzobarberiscanonico
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I'm an ML engineer at Rombot (https://rombot.com/) where we develop smart devices and a software ecosystem for remote physical therapy.

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Jon Collins

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

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Giulio Prisco

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

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Lorilee Medders

Lorilee Medders
Location: Boone, NC, United States

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Robert Keyes

Robert Keyes
Location: , OH, United States
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David Pizer

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.

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Emily Redding

Emily Redding
Location: Nashville, TN, USA

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Martha Bucaram

Martha Bucaram
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Carl Youngblood

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

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MacKenzie Fisher

MacKenzie Fisher
Location: Greer, South Carolina, USA

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David Shumaker

David Shumaker
Location: Phoenix, ARIZONA, United States

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Technologist, Futurist, Explorer, Transhumanist, Cryonicist, ENFJ-A. Living & loving, now & forever! Director of Applied Innovation, US Transhumanist Party; Chair, Arizona Transhumanist Party

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Jonathan Gunnell

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

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Timothy Langer

Timothy Langer
Location: Roseville, Michigan, United States
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Christopher Benek

Christopher Benek
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
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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.

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Steve Allison

Steve Allison
Location: Collierville, Tennessee, USA
https://outofthedepths.blogspot.com/

Semi-retired research and development engineer. Preachers kid.

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Jordan Rastrick

Jordan Rastrick
Location: Erskinville, NSW, Australia

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Brian Sigmon

Brian Sigmon
Location: Kingston Springs, Tennessee, United States
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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.

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Caleb Strom

Caleb Strom
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
http://manyworlds2017.wordpress.com

I am a PhD student in aerospace sciences at the University of North Dakota. I am originally from southern California. My research is related to asteroid surface processes. I ultimately want to be involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. I am also an Evangelical Christian. I am interested in the intersection between science, technology, and faith. I am interested in showing how Christianity can embrace the future revealed by science and technology while staying true to its past.

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Rev. Omar Reyes

Rev. Omar Reyes
Location: St. Petersburg , Florida, United States
https://m.facebook.com/StAlbansEpiscopalChurchStPeteBeach/
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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.

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Elias Kruger

Elias Kruger
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
http://www.aitheology.com
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I am foremost a child of God redeemed and a participant in the company of the Crucified. There my identity begins and finds its fullest expression. Nothing can be achieved to improve on this undeserved gift. In this journey I am daily re-oriented towards the path of humble transformation. Some days I heed the call faithfully, other times I fail at it spectacularly. I was born in Brazil and moved to the United States with my family when I was 15. I am married to the beautiful, full-of-life and mysterious Priscila. She has been my companion, greatest advocate and best friend for the last 19 years. We were gifted with two adorable girls, Sophia and Anna who have happily made our life richer and more chaotic all at once. They continue to teach me how to laugh, play and learn about Disney princesses. I started my education completing a degree of Political Science from Davidson college. I then have spent over 14 years working for a Fortune 50 company doing finance and marketing analytics. While doing that, I had an opportunity to complete an MBA at Regent University and now more recently a MA in Theology at Fuller seminary. Yes, I like to study. Beyond that we have been involved in different churches doing volunteer ministry for years and occasionally traveling to meet with other brothers sisters in the global church. More recently, I am have found a home in the Anglican church, the only place that could accommodate most of the idiosyncrasies of my spiritual journey. In my down time, with the generous help of my children, I build beautifully imperfect masterpieces with Legos.

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Micah Redding

Micah Redding
Location: Nashville, TN, United States
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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.

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Calvin Mercer

Calvin Mercer
Location: Greenville, NC, USA
https://religionprogram.ecu.edu/calvin-mercer-phd/

Dr. Calvin Mercer's 2021 textbook, coauthored with Tracy J. Trothen and published by Palgrave Macmillan, is titled "Religion and the Technological Future: An Introduction to Biohacking, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism." Hi other 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. 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.

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