Adam, Eve, and the genome
Subtitle: the Human Genome Project and theology
By: edited by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite.
Contributors: Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks, 1948-
Series: Theology and the sciences
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Human gene mapping -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Description: "Part 1 of the book places genetic research in historical perspective, including the historical prickliness between science and religion. Part 2 probes the deepest religious question raised by genetic research: what it means to be human, especially in the coming "biological age." Finally, Part 3 takes up specific social issues about race, freedoms, fairness, and the social context and consequences of advanced science."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.