Ronald Cole-Turner

The Rev. Dr. Ronald Cole-Turner is the H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, a position relating theology and ethics to developments in science and technology, at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He edited the collection Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement.

Recent Blog Posts

How Old Is Art?
While not as visually arresting as the more famous cave art found at Chauvet, the Castanet engravings are both older and represent what is very likely an earlier stage in the history of the Aurignacian culture. Some of the Chauvet paintings are now confirmed at between 30,000 and 32,000 years ago.
Human Intelligence: Does It Depend on a Genetic Error?
What makes humans different from the great apes? What makes our brains larger and more complex? One surprising possibility is that our brains are bigger and more complex not so much because of new genes but because of gene duplication.
Extending Healthy Lifespans?
Are we any nearer to a magic pill that slows aging or promotes longevity? Perhaps.
Spreading Farming, Spreading Genes
Were hunter-gatherers converted to the efficiencies of agriculture? Or did farmers from the south spread north, bringing their agriculture with them? A new study suggests that farming spread because farmers moved.

Published Articles

Technology and Eschatology
Comparing two views of human transformation: a religious view, specifically Christian, and the view associated with the movement called transhumanism and based in new and emerging technologies.
Real-World Transdisciplinarity and Public Debate
The debate over the moral status of the human embryo provides a helpful case study that draws our attention to the political, social, and economic contexts in which transdisciplinary scholarly discussions often occur.
Where-to and Why: Discernment in the 21st Century
We are tiny creatures on a small planet some 10 billion-plus years along the way in what we sometimes call "cosmic evolution." And we want to ask, where it will all lead?

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