| Human Cloning: Religious Responses Contributor(s): Cole-Turner, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664257712 ISBN-13: 9780664257712 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $27.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: As cloning begins to loom ahead of us as a possibility for our future, Christians have begun to ask themselves if human cloning equals playing God. Is the technology - despite being scientifically exciting - a moral option in our world? Should we clone a human just because we can? In this volume, Cole-Turner gathers twelve highly readable and nontechnical essays debating what could become the defining controversy of the late twentieth century. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Religious - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 241.649 |
| LCCN: 97030287 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.51" W x 8.49" (0.53 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline |
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| Publisher Description: Is human cloning equal to playing God? Is the technology--despite being scientifically exciting--a moral option in our world? In this volume, Ronald Cole-Turner gathers twelve nontechnical and highly accessible essays that explore this controversial subject. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cole-Turner, Ronald: - Ronald Cole-Turner is H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion and the author of The New Genesis: Theology and the Genetic Revolution. |