The nature of our humanity
Subtitle: ethical issues in genetics and biotechnology
By: by Paul Jersild.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780800664428
Subjects: Theological anthropology -- Christianity; Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Christian faith and our biological past; title: The emergent human being; title: Relating faith to evolutionary biology; title: God the creator; title: The emergent human being; title: Sin and the fall; title: Redemption in Jesus the Christ; title: Relating evolutionary biology to faith; title: To be human is to be in relationship; title: Biological evolution and human nature; title: Reconceptualizing the soul; title: Concluding thoughts; title: Human nature and biological reductionism; title: Scientific materialism; title: The response of intelligent design; title: A critique of scientific materialism; title: Searching for the biological basis of religion; title: Human nature and the gene; title: From mendel to watson and crick; title: The structure and function of DNA; title: Continuing questions about the gene; title: The human genome project; title: The interaction of organism and environment; title: A God gene?; title: Genes, culture, and faith in God; title: Part II: Christian faith and our biotech future; title: Human nature and the impact of biotechnology; title: Theses concerning human nature; title: Defining biotechnology; title: Developments in biotechnology; title: Creating a superior human being; title: The human machine; title: Scenarios of the future; title: Human nature and genetic engineering; title: What is genetic engineering?; title: From therapy to enhancement; title: The enhancement argument; title: The anti-enhancement argument; title: The "genocentric" fallacy; title: Ethics and human fulfillment; title: Theological concerns; title: Human nature and the human future; title: Human nature and the quest for immortality; title: Living with the prospect of death; title: The controversial embryonic stem cell; title: Stem cells, telomeres, and the lifespan; title: Other aging factors; title: Biblical insights on human mortality; title: A critique of the immortality quest.