HUMAN UNIQUENESS

This issue of Zygon: Journal Religion and Science contains a Symposium on “human uniqueness” that derives from symposium hosted by the Department Zoology at Harvard University initially in March 2020 subsequently April 2022, under title “Just How Special Are Humans Really? Insights Science, Philosophy, Theology Mystery Human Uniqueness.” For an introduction to this Symposium, I refer reader first piece written guest editors Eric Priest, Joseph Henrich, Celia Deane-Drummond, Mary Ann Meyers. The Articles section three articles. In article, Yogi Hendlin criticizes “object-oriented ontology,” which offers ontology for posthumanism; he is afraid kind solipsism “ontological flattening” comes with such philosophy pleas philosophical approaches are more open “plural (interspecies) perspectives,” as biosemiotics. second Andrew Sloane addresses aspect virtual versions transhumanism (a category should be separated posthumanism), namely those disabled minds seemingly cannot participate resurrection hopes if bodies considered disposable. Finally, third Simon Balle Ulrik Nissen offer nice transition into thematic addressing one angle: they argue what makes humans distinct robots AI capacities rise depend our responsive bodies. ends five book reviews. review John Slattery's T&T Clark Handbook Christian Modern Sciences Neil Wollman C.J. Love's Reinventing Society Religion, Victoria Lorrimar reviews Phil Hefner's Becoming Age Technology, Faith, Abel Aruan Rebecca Copeland's Created Being: Expanding Creedal Christology, Jaume Navarro Miguel de Asúa's Catholicism Argentina (1750–1960): A Study Scientific Culture, Secularisation Latin America. As had announced last summer, charitable corporation behind will “flip” journal diamond access (where neither authors nor readers have pay publish or read, respectively). From January 1, 2024, all Zygon articles—past, present, future—will openly accessible through another publishing agent, Open Library Humanities (which funded university libraries worldwide). summer already, new submission portal information about can reached via own domain zygonjournal.org. articles accessed same domain. moment marks major journal, has been many years making. Wiley-Blackwell served agent than 33 years. Board expressed Wiley its deep appreciation gratitude their efforts critical contributions Zygon’s success.