Introduction: Celia Deane-Drummond and Peter Scott; Part 1: Perspectives on Humans; 1. Fabulous Humans Or Trans-Humans?, Ted Peters, Professor of Systematic Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA; 2. Human Nature and the Human Condition, Gordon Graham, Professor of Philosophy, Aberdeen University, UK; 3. The nature of human welfare, Professor Soren Holm, Cardiff Law School, UK & The Section for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Norway; 4. The 'end' of the human or the end of the 'human'? Human dignity in technological perspective,; Professor Elaine Graham, Department of Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, UK. Part 2: Medicalised Humans; 5. Neuroscience, brains and persons: Is neuroscience destroying our stature and worth as human beings?, Gareth Jones, Professor of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, New Zealand; 6. The Rhetorics of Healing, Dr Michael S Northcott, Reader in Christian Ethics, University of Edinburgh, UK; 7. Spinoza Meets Descartes: Ensoulment Revised, Gordon McPhate, formerly Senior Lecturer in Pathology, St Andrew's University, currently Dean of Chester Cathedral, UK and Visiting Professor, University College Chester, UK; 8. The Virtues Of Medicine And The Virtues Of Science, Dr Neil Messer, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Lampeter, UK; Part 3: Fabulous Humans; 9. The quest for extended life and immortality- some ethical considerations, Dr Ulf Gorman, Theology and Religious Studies Department, Lund University, Sweden; 10. Self-perfection of the human race, or fulfilment of creation in Christ? The Fabulous Human in 19th century theological debates, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Professor of Theology, Trinity College, Ireland; 11. Future Perfect? God, the Post-human Future and the Quest for Immortality, Professor Celia Deane-Drummond, Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University College Chester, UK; 12. Saving Us from Ourselves: Christology, Anthropology and the Seduction of Posthuman Medicine, Professor Brent Waters, Garrett Evangelical Seminary, Evanston, USA.
