Genetic ethics : do the ends justify the genes? / edited by John F. Kilner. [print]

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Kilner, John F [Author]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Horizons in bioethics seriesPublication details: Carlisle [England] : Paternoster Press ; (c)1997.; Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans, (c)1997.Description: xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780802844286

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LOC classification:

QH438.Y71.T534 1997
QH438

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Contents:

The riddle of suffering/ David B. Biebel -- The disease of isolation/ David B. Biebel -- The search for shalom/ Hessel Bouma

Eugenics in historical and ethical perspective/ Arthur J. Dyck -- Technology, history, and worldview/ Nancy R. Pearcey -- God's sovereignty and genetic anomalies/ Michael S. Bates -- Playing God/ Allen D. Verhey -- Reducing people to genetics/ Henk Jochemsen -- Resisting reductionism by restoring the context/ V. Elving Anderson

The Human Genome Project/ Francis S. Collins -- Behavioural and germ-line genetic research/ Leroy B. Walters -- The incentive of patents/ Stephen Sherry -- Genetic testing and confidentiality/ C. Christopher Hook -- Prenatal genetic testing, abortion, and beyond/ Scott B. Rae -- Genetic counseling/ Elizabeth J. Thomson -- The educational challenge/ Martha Newsome

Genetic therapy/ Frank E. Young -- A theological basis for genetic intervention/ John S. Feinberg -- Ethical standards for genetic intervention/ James C. Peterson -- The case of human growth hormone/ Dónal P. O'Mathúna -- Contemporary Christian responsibility/ Charles W. Colson -- The church and the new genetics/ C. Ben Mitchell -- The church as a welcoming community/ Martha D.M. Fowler.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	QH438.7.K556.G464 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001798202

Includes bibliographies and index.

INTRODUCTION: THE EXPERIENCE OF GENETIC CHALLENGES -- The riddle of suffering/ David B. Biebel -- The disease of isolation/ David B. Biebel -- The search for shalom/ Hessel Bouma

PART I: GENETIC PERSPECTIVE -- Eugenics in historical and ethical perspective/ Arthur J. Dyck -- Technology, history, and worldview/ Nancy R. Pearcey -- God's sovereignty and genetic anomalies/ Michael S. Bates -- Playing God/ Allen D. Verhey -- Reducing people to genetics/ Henk Jochemsen -- Resisting reductionism by restoring the context/ V. Elving Anderson

PART II: GENETIC INFORMATION -- The Human Genome Project/ Francis S. Collins -- Behavioural and germ-line genetic research/ Leroy B. Walters -- The incentive of patents/ Stephen Sherry -- Genetic testing and confidentiality/ C. Christopher Hook -- Prenatal genetic testing, abortion, and beyond/ Scott B. Rae -- Genetic counseling/ Elizabeth J. Thomson -- The educational challenge/ Martha Newsome

PART III: GENETIC INTERVENTION -- Genetic therapy/ Frank E. Young -- A theological basis for genetic intervention/ John S. Feinberg -- Ethical standards for genetic intervention/ James C. Peterson -- The case of human growth hormone/ Dónal P. O'Mathúna -- Contemporary Christian responsibility/ Charles W. Colson -- The church and the new genetics/ C. Ben Mitchell -- The church as a welcoming community/ Martha D.M. Fowler.

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