Adam, Eve, and the genome : the Human Genome Project and theology by Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks, 1948- instant download

Adam, Eve, and the genome : the Human Genome Project and theology by Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks, 1948- instant download

xvi, 200 pages : 23 cm, \"Part 1 of the book places genetic research in historical perspective, including the historical prickliness between science and religion. Part 2 probes the deepest religious question raised by genetic research: what it means to be human, especially in the coming \"biological age.\" Finally, Part 3 takes up specific social issues about race, freedoms, fairness, and the social context and consequences of advanced science.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index, Setting the context : a brief history of science by a sympathetic theologian / Laurel C. Schneider -- An introduction to Mendelian genetics / Lainie Friedman Ross -- From peapods to the Human Genome Project : post-Mendelian genetics / Lainie Friedman Ross -- Theological anthropology and the Human Genome Project / Theodore W. Jennings Jr. -- Adam, Eve, and the genome / Ken Stone -- Dreaming the soul : African American skepticism encounters the Human Genome Project / Lee H. Butler Jr. -- A gene for violence? Genetic determinism and sin / Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite -- The chemistry of community / Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, APPE gift