Remade in the Image of God? Technological Enhancement and the Search for Salvation
28October
28October
Brain-embedded computer chips. Reversing aging. Curing death. Around the world, scientists and tech entrepreneurs are researching interventions that could radically alter humanity, promising to fix our problems and transcend our limitations. Hit TV shows like Black Mirror shine a spotlight on these possibilities. How might Christians respond, while affirming that our essential identity rests in bearing God’s Image and our ultimate salvation comes from God?
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Featured speakers
Deborah Haarsma
Dr. Deborah Haarsma served as President of BioLogos from 2013 to 2024. Under Haarsma’s leadership, BioLogos grew in both numbers and influence, from private events and a small website to extensive programs and widespread impact (see Our History). During her tenure, BioLogos built an extensive network of experts, writers, and speakers, and developed national conferences, a high-school curriculum, and a podcast. BioLogos became the leading resource on the viewpoint of evolutionary creation and went on to help Christians wrestle with many complex science topics, always working at the intersection of Christ-centered faith and rigorous science and in a spirit of gracious dialogue.
Haarsma is a frequent speaker on modern science and Christian faith at churches, universities, and conferences. In addition to extensive writing and speaking for BioLogos, she has appeared on several podcasts, including Undeceptions (on Outer Space and on The Multiverse) and the Jesus Storybook Bible podcast. Her writing has been featured at Big Think and Sojourners, as well as in several books, including Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Design, the collection Calvinism for a Secular Age, and the collection Christ and the Created Order. She wrote the book Origins with her husband and fellow physicist, Loren Haarsma, presenting the agreements and disagreements among Christians regarding the history of life and the universe.
Previously, Haarsma served as professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Calvin University. In her research, she used telescopes around the world and in orbit to pursue extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology, with publications on young galaxies, large galaxies, galaxy clusters, the curvature of space, and the expansion of the universe. Haarsma completed her doctoral work in astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (profile by MIT’s Octet Collaborative) and her undergraduate work in physics and music at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota (profile for 2022 Alumna of the Year award). She and Loren enjoy science fiction and classical music, and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Jim Stump
Jim Stump is the Vice President at BioLogos and hosts the podcast, Language of God. Jim also writes and speaks on behalf of BioLogos. He has a PhD in philosophy and was formerly a professor and academic administrator. His earlier books include Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (Zondervan, 2017); Science and Christianity: An Introduction to the Issues (Blackwell, 2016); and How I Changed My Mind about Evolution (InterVarsity, 2016). Most recently he has published, The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith (HarperOne, 2024).
You can email Jim Stump at james.stump@biologos.org or follow him on Substack.