THE HUMAN BODY BETWEEN MYSTERY AND TECHNOLOGY: A PATRISTIC-ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE ON BODILY IDENTITY IN THE POSTHUMAN ERA
THE HUMAN BODY BETWEEN MYSTERY AND TECHNOLOGY: A PATRISTIC-ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE ON BODILY IDENTITY IN THE POSTHUMAN ERA

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the profound tension between the theological understanding of the human body as a mystery and temple of the Holy Spirit, and the emerging trends of the posthuman era, which view the body as a modifiable, optimizable, and controllable object. In a context marked by bioengineering, body augmentation, radical cosmetic surgery, and transhumanism, essential questions about the nature, meaning, and purpose of the human body are raised. Starting from Orthodox anthropology and the sacramental dimension of the incarnation, the article proposes an ontological and soteriological counter-perspective, in which the body is not a simple biological support, but an integral part of the person called to deification. The ethical, spiritual and cultural implications of the new posthuman paradigm are analyzed, in critical dialogue with contemporary bioethics and the philosophy of technology. The purpose of the work is to reaffirm the dignity of the human body in light of the Incarnation of Christ, the Resurrection, and the eschatological vision of the Orthodox Church. The analysis is grounded in the vision of the Holy Fathers, who affirm that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and an integral part of the person called to deification.

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