With the hurricane and tornado seasons already upon us, post-summer wildfires looming on the horizon, global famine forecasts and potentially cataclysmic climate instability to come in the near future, this edition of ReligionLink explores the fascinating and often unsettling connection between natural disasters and religion.

Did God want humans to find a way to live forever? Religious transhumanists say embracing radical human enhancement is a faithful act.

It is a question that has gained greater traction as we have ventured farther into our solar system and beyond.