Books

A curated bibliography of books related to Mormon Transhumanism, transhumanism, science, and religion.

Machine For Making Gods: Mormonism, Transhumanism, and Worlds without Ends, Jon Bialecki, 2022, Fordham Univ. Press, 356 p. Investigates the conflicts and resonances between science and religion and between secular transhumanism and Mormonism. An ethnography of the Mormon Transhumanist Association with much to say about crucial junctures of modern culture.
The Consolation: An Interpretive Variation on the Last General Conference Sermon of Joseph Smith, Lincoln Cannon, 2022, 81 p. Presents a modern interpretation that captures the essence of Joseph Smith's monumental sermon delivered in 1844. Draws inspiration from Christian and Mormon theology, as well as Pragmatist and Transhumanist philosophy, to offer a fresh perspective on resurrection and deification.
Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision, edited by A. Scott Howe and Richard L. Bushman, 2012, Greg Coford Books, 210 p. In this book, Mormon engineers probe gospel possibilities and future vistas dealing with human nature, divine progression, and the earth’s future.

The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever, Peter Ward, 2022, Melville House, 281 p. Explores current scientific efforts to live as long as we choose.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Nick Bostrom, 2017, Oxford University Press, Impression 15, 415 p. Explores important issues related to the development of artificial intelligences, including questions such as What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? and Will artificial agents save or destroy us?

From Atoms to Humans: Helping Christians Understand the Role of Natural Processes in Organizing the Universe, Earth, and Life, Dan Moore, Brian Tonks, and Alan Holyoak, 2022, delterra, 188 p. (Also available in hardcopy.) A Big History book that explores nature in a way that accommodates both scientific and religious viewpoints. Investigates questions such as these: How do we identify truth, and are scientific discoveries true? What produced the order we see in nature? How do atoms, stars, and planets form, and how did the Universe develop? How was Earth organized, and how did it become habitable? What made organisms the way they are, and how do bodies and species form?