God and the embryo : religious voices on stem cells and cloning /

God and the embryo : religious voices on stem cells and cloning / [print] Brent Waters and Ronald Cole-Turner, editors. - Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, (c)2003. - viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Frameworks -- Religion meets research What is the appropriate contribution of religious communities in the public debate on embryonic stem cell research? The ethics of human stem cell research Embryos -- Does the human embryo have a moral status? Is the human embryo a human being? Principles and politics : Beyond the impasse over the embryo To be willing to kill what for all one knows is a person is to be willing to kill a person Research -- A plea for beneficence : reframing the embryo debate Human embryonic stem cell research : ethics in the face of uncertainty Freedoms, duties, and limits : the ethics of research in human stem cells Talking like believers : Christians and Jews in the embryonic stem cell debate Declaration on the production and the scientific and therapeutic use of human embryonic stem cells Embryonic stem cell research in the perspective of Orthodox Christianity Urgent action alert : urge senators to support complete ban on human cloning Resolution : on human embryonic and stem cell research Support for federally funded research on embryonic stem cells Overture 01-50 on adopting a resolution enunciating ethical guidelines for fetal tissue and stem cell research, from the Presbytery of Baltimore A theologian's brief on the place of the human embryo within the Christian tradition, and the theological principles for evaluating its moral status -- Cloning research, Jewish tradition and public policy : a joint statement by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council of America -- Human cloning and human dignity : an ethical inquiry Ronald Cole-Turner -- Brent Waters -- Gene Outka -- Brent Waters -- James C. Peterson -- Ronald Cole-Turner -- Robert Song -- Ted Peters and Gaymon Bennett -- Kevin T. FitzGerald -- Laurie Zoloth -- Sondra Wheeler -- Pontifical Academy for Life -- The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America -- United Methodist Church -- Southern Baptist Convention -- United Church of Christ -- Presbyterian Church (USA) -- The President's Council on Bioethics.



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Human cloning--Religious aspects.
Embryonic stem cells--Research--Religious aspects.
Cloning, Organism.
Ethics, Medical.
Religion and Medicine.
Stem Cells.

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