Jeanine Thweatt
Dr. Thweatt holds a PhD in Philosophy and Theology (Religion and Science) from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her research interests include: theological anthropology; biotechnologies and bioethics; posthuman/transhumanism; feminist, queer, and postcolonial theologies.
Professional Profile
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for Adjunct Faculty, Flagler College, 2016-2017
Teaching
First Year Seminar, Core courses in the Social & Cultural Inquiry and Ethical Reasoning Literacies, Philosophy of Religion, Women in Philosophy
Research
Selected Publications
Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman. Routledge Religion
and Science Series. Routledge, 2016 (previously Ashgate Religion and Science Series. Ashgate Publishing, 2012).
“Transhumanism and Posthumanism,” in Kurlberg, Jonas, and Chow, Alexander (eds.), Oxford
Handbook of Digital Theology, consultant editor Phillips, Peter M., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026.
“Feminism, Religion and Science,” for 2nd ed. of Routledge Companion to
Religion and Science, edited by James Haag, Michael Spezio and Gregory Peterson, New York: Routledge, forthcoming.
“Natality, Mortality, and Posthumanity,” Concilium: International Journal for Theology 2021.3
(2021): 77-88 (trans. Italian, German, Spanish).
Plenary/Keynote Conference Presentations
Ostapenko Symposium on Theology and Bioenhancement Technology, Niagara University, Rochester, New York, September 9-10, 2022.
Westar Institute's Seminar on God and the Human Future, Santa Rosa, CA, March 20-21, 2020.
Plenary Speaker, Summer Conference of the Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion, Oxford
University, July 6-7, 2018.
Symposium on Posthumanism/Transhumanism, University of Toronto, July 5, 2017.
Designobjekt Mensch?: Tranhumanismus in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften, Munster Germany, April 4-7, 2017.
Plenary speaker, Samford University Center for Science and Religion Transhumanism Conference, September 24-26, 2015.
Beck Lecturer, “Monkeys, Cyborgs, and the Imago Dei: Humanity in Faith & Science,” Southwestern College, September 24-25, 2013.