[ExI] CALL: H+ call for papers

[Damien Broderick]

>2009 Call for Papers (open to non-American 
>Academy of Religion members)—Deadline March 2, 2009
>
>Transhumanism and Religion 
>Consultation--American Academy of 
>Religion--November 7-10, 2009 annual meeting in Montreal
>
>This Consultation welcomes papers on any aspect 
>of transhumanism and religion. We particularly 
>welcome papers that identify and critically 
>evaluate the implicit religious beliefs 
>underlying key transhumanist claims and 
>assumptions. For example, what are the operative 
>notions of anthropology, soteriology, and 
>eschatology that are at play in the 
>transhumanist quest for enhancement, including extreme longevity?

But why stop there? For example, what are the 
operative notions of angelology, demonology, 
soteriology, and eschatology that are at play in 
the 19th century quest for "airplanes" that could 
fly in the sky, lift humans into the air at great 
speed, and sometimes carry them to their doom? 
And don't get me started on teapots.

Damien Broderick