Science, theology, and ethics / Ted Peters.

By: Peters, Ted, 1941-Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate science and religion seriesPublication details: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003. Description: x, 347 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0754608247; 0754608255 (pbk.)Subject(s): Christian ethics | Religion and scienceDDC classification: 261.5 LOC classification: BL240.3 | .P48 2003
Contents:
Introduction -- From conflict to consonance: Theology and science: where are we? -- Scientific research and the Christian faith -- Physics, cosmology, and creation: The terror of time -- God as the future of cosmic creativity -- David Bohm, postmodernism, and the divine -- Exo-theology: speculations on extra-terrestrial life -- Genetics, ethics, and our evolutionary future: Genetics and genethics: are we playing God with our genes? -- Cloning shock: a theological reaction -- The stem cell debate: ethical questions -- Designer children: the market world of reproductive choice -- Multiple choice in baby making -- In search of the perfect child: genetic testing and selective abortion -- Playing God and germline intervention -- Co-evolution: pain or promise -- Nuclear waste and earth ethics: Nuclear waste: the ethics of disposal -- Whole and part: the tension between the common good and the individual freedom -- Not in my backyard: the crisis in waste siting -- The human body: a theological prognosis: Wholeness in salvation and healing -- The physical body of immortality.
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library
Main Collection (Lower Floor) 		261.5 P442s (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000755008

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- From conflict to consonance: Theology and science: where are we? -- Scientific research and the Christian faith -- Physics, cosmology, and creation: The terror of time -- God as the future of cosmic creativity -- David Bohm, postmodernism, and the divine -- Exo-theology: speculations on extra-terrestrial life -- Genetics, ethics, and our evolutionary future: Genetics and genethics: are we playing God with our genes? -- Cloning shock: a theological reaction -- The stem cell debate: ethical questions -- Designer children: the market world of reproductive choice -- Multiple choice in baby making -- In search of the perfect child: genetic testing and selective abortion -- Playing God and germline intervention -- Co-evolution: pain or promise -- Nuclear waste and earth ethics: Nuclear waste: the ethics of disposal -- Whole and part: the tension between the common good and the individual freedom -- Not in my backyard: the crisis in waste siting -- The human body: a theological prognosis: Wholeness in salvation and healing -- The physical body of immortality.

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