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Here, experts in the environment, theology and science argue that the challenge posed to society by biotechnology lies not only in risk/benefit analysis of individual genetic technologies and interventions, but also in the way we think about human identity and our relationship to the natural world.

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Author:   Dr. Celia Deane-Drummond (Campion Hall, University of Oxford, UK) ,  Robin Grove-White ,  Bronislaw Szerszynski
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9780567088963

ISBN 10:   0567088960
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 February 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction PART I: CURRENT DEBATES IN THEOLOGY Introduction to Part 1 1. Celia Deane-Drummond, Robin Grove-White and Bronislaw Szerszynski: Genetically Modified Theology, The Religious Dimensions of Public Concerns about Agricultural BiotechnologyChristopher Southgate: Response to Chapter 1 2. John Hedley Brooke: Detracting from Divine Power? Religious Belief and the Appraisal of New TechnologiesArthur Peacocke: Response to Chapter 2 3. Michael Banner: The Sublime, The Sabbath and the Limits of BiotechnologyMichael Reiss: Response to Chapter 3 4. Michael Northcott: 'Behold I Have Set the Land Before You' (Deut 1.8). Christian Ethics, GM Foods and the Culture of Modern FarmingPeter Scott: Response to Chapter 4 PART II: REFLECTIONS FROM SPECIFIC CASES Introduction to Part II 5. Arthur Peacocke: Relating Genetics to Theology on the Map of Scientific Knowledge 6. Michael Reiss: Is It Right to Move Genes between Species? A Theological Perspective 7. Donald Bruce: Playing Dice with Creation, How Risky Should the New Technologies Be? 8. Stephen Clark: Thinking about Biotechnology, Towards a Theory of Just Experimentation PART III: PUBLIC VOICES AND GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES Introduction to Part III 9. Mairi Levitt: 'Just Because We Can Do Something Doesn't Mean We Should', Young People's Responses to Biotechnology 10. Bronislaw Szerszynski: At Reason's End, The Inoperative Liturgy of Risk Society 11. Brian Wynne: Interpreting Public Concerns about GMOs PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, THEOLOGY AND SOCIETY Introduction to Part IV 12. Jacqui Stewart: Reordering Means and Ends, Ellul and the New Genetics 13. Peter Scott: Nature, Technology and the Rule of God, (En)Countering the Disgracing of Nature 14. Celia Deane-Drummond: Aquinas, Wisdom Ethics and the New Genetics 15. Bronislaw Szerszynski and Celia Deane-Drummond: The Reordering of Nature, a Post-Script List of Contributors Index

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General review Brian Brock, Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol 19, No. 1

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Professor Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences at the University of Chester, UK. Robin Grove-White is Professor of Environment and Society at Lancaster University, UK. Dr Bronislaw Szerszynski is Lecturer in Environment and Culture at Lancaster University, UK.

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