The 2014 Call for Papers for the Transhumanism and Religion Group at the American Academy of Religion is online. The deadline for proposals is March 3rd, 2014, at 5pm EST. For more information, please follow this link:

[http://papers.aarweb.org/content/transhumanism-and-religion-group]

Please note that this year, the Christian Systematic Theology Section is focusing on theological anthropology. The Transhumanism and Religion Group is co-sponsoring a special joint session with them on their call for papers:

"We are interested in receiving proposals that put Transhumanism issues in dialogue with aspects of Christian theological anthropology (doctrines, theologians, or aspects of the tradition that make claims about the reasons for, constitution of, calling, purpose, or destiny of humanity). We also welcome papers on the theme of Transhumanism and cloning."

For more information, follow this link:

[http://papers.aarweb.org/content/christian-systematic-theology-section-and-transhumanism-and-religion-group]

The conference will be held in San Diego, 22-25th November, 2014. We look forward to seeing many of you in sunny San Diego.

The deadline for proposals for the 2014 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association has been extended to Saturday 15 February 2014. Proposals should be submitted to [admin@transfigurism.org]. Additional information on submitting proposals is available in the original call for papers.

Future Day is 1 March, and the Mormon Transhumanist Association invites you to join us for lunch and casual conversation about the future at the Thanksgiving Point Tower Deli in Lehi, Utah, at 11:45am on 1 March 2014. Bring your friends and family, and of course your thoughts and questions about a future of radical flourishing in compassion and creation through technology and religion.

Holidays provide a fantastic way of channeling peoples’ attention and energy. Most of our holidays are focused on past events or individuals, or on the rhythms of nature. History and nature are wonderful and should be honored — but the amazing future we are building together should be honored as well. Future Day is a way of focusing and celebrating the energy that more and more people around the world are directing toward creating a radically better future. This is a brand new holiday — the first Future Day was in 2012. This year on March 1st Future Day will be even better! Let us all work together to continue to make Future Day a great success! Learn more about Future Day.

The January 2014 online discussion group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association will be on Saturday, January 25, at 10:30am mountain time (9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm UK, 6:30pm EU), in Google+ Hangouts.

Association director Brad Carmack will present on Mormon Transhumanism on March 1 in Piedmont, California. Details and registration below!

[http://brighterbrains.org/articles/entry/transhuman-visions-east-bay-march-1-2014]

The first TRANSHUMAN VISIONS conference SOLD OUT 3.5 weeks before the February 1 event, indicating a massive interest in transhumanist ideas. Buoyed with confidence, Brighter Brains Institute is now producing a second event in the East Bay, on March 1, with a fresh new lineup.

The December 2013 online discussion group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association will be on Saturday, December 28, at 10:30am mountain time (9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm UK, 6:30pm EU), in Google+ Hangouts.

If you have already participated in an association online discussion group, you know what to do. Otherwise, please join Google+ and the Mormon Transhumanist Association community on Google+, add Giulio Prisco and Lincoln Cannon to a circle, and let us know that you wish to participate so we can invite you.

We cordially invite you to submit papers, artwork, photography, poetry, and music for the 2014 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, which will be held on April 4th, 2014, in Salt Lake City, UT. The aim of this conference is to address the many issues and topics that lie at the intersection of technology and religion, and their impacts on society, and culture including art, music, and entertainment. Contributions need not focus only on specifically Mormon religious issues.

23 November 2013 Online Discussion Group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association

The November 2013 Discussion Group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association will be on Saturday, November 23, at 10:30am mountain time (9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm UK, 6:30pm EU), in Google+ Hangouts.

If you have already participated in an association online discussion group, you know what to do. Otherwise, please join Google+ and the Mormon Transhumanist Association community on Google+, add Giulio Prisco and Lincoln Cannon to a circle, and let us know that you wish to participate so we can invite you.

We will start with discussion on:

Religious, social, and cultural differences between Mormonism and mainstream Christianity. One of the objectives of the discussion will be to find ways to take advantage of the MTA experience to facilitate the launch of a Christian Transhumanist Association (CTA).

And continue with other topics brought by the participants.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is co-sponsoring a lecture by Dr Amit Goswami on Thursday 14 November at 7pm Mountain Time in the Eccles Auditorium on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. He will speak on the subject of quantum physics and health, including discussion of integrating conventional science, spirituality and healing.

The October 2013 Discussion Group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association will be on Saturday, October 26, at 10:30am mountain time (9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm UK, 6:30pm EU), in Google+ Hangouts. If you have already participated in an association online discussion group, you know what to do. Otherwise, please join Google+ and the Mormon Transhumanist Association community on Google+, add Giulio Prisco and Lincoln Cannon to a circle, and let us know that you wish to participate so we can invite you.