Religion, Science and Technology: An eastern Orthodox perspective. Interview by MG Michael and Katina Michael

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2. Original titleReligion, Science and Technology: An eastern Orthodox perspective. Interview by MG Michael and Katina Michael
3. Language term English
4. lemma author Tampakis, Kostas
5. lemma category Orthodox view on technology and engineering - Orthodox critique of science
6. Publication date 25-10-2018
7. lemma work Religion, Science and Technology: An eastern Orthodox perspective. Interview by MG Michael and Katina Michael
8. lemma manifestations Religion, Science and Technology : An eastern Orthodox perspective. Interview by MG Michael and Katina Michael
9. Keywords ancient world - singularitism - transhumanism - posthumanism - hubris
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    1. This is a small book of thirty six pages, which consists of a series of questions posed to Metropolitan Kallistos, in the form of a written interview in Oxford in 2014. Each answer is less than one page. The book has four chapters. The interview was conducted by M.G. Michael and Katina Michael, both residing in the University of Wollongong. The first chapter is titled ‘Religion, Science and Technology’. It includes six questions, which concern the difference between science and technology, the relations between science and technology, the question whether science and religion are in conflict, the abuses of technology in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the technology practices in the ancient world and finally, technology’s impact on our practice of religion. The second chapter is ‘Creation, Innovation and Technological Progress’. It includes four questions, on image and likeness and its relation to trajectories of technology, on responsible innovation and scientific inquiry versus hubris, on the Tower of Babel and engineering and on the question whether there are limits on innovation. The third chapter is titled ‘Morality and Technology’ and incorporates just two questions, whether technology can be immoral and if religious faith is threatened by technology. The final fourth chapter is titled ‘Morality and Technology’ and is the longest, containing eight questions. These are whether singulatitarianism can become a new religion, on transhumanism and posthumanism, on human enhancement and medical prosthesis, on consciousness and ‘brains in a vat’ arguments, on machines and artificial intelligence, on humanoid machines, on human transplantation and on sustaining life.