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The twenty-first century has been dubbed the ‘Biotech Century’. The explosive increase in our knowledge of the human genome continues to fuel speculations on the possibilities of human genetic modifications. This has been greeted with either enthusiasm or anxiety, for alongside the many euphoric pronouncements about potential benefits are serious questions about the impact of biotechnology and the prospect of manipulating molecular information. What impact will breakthroughs in genetic science will have on our understanding of the human person and the shape of human society? Is the significance of the human person reducible to his or her genetic make-up? What part do our genes play in determining human behaviour, and how would this affect our understanding of human freedom? Drawing on an international panel of writers representing different disciplinary perspectives and a number of Christian traditions, this book seeks to assess the impact of recent developments in genetic science on the Christian understanding of the human person. The essays in this volume address these concerns. Contents Introduction
Roland Chia and Mark Chan - Medical Genomics: Present and Future States
Kon Oi Lian - Cloning, Stem Cell Technology and Genetic
Modification: Reinventing the Human Person
D Gareth Jones - Flesh and Spirit After Darwin
Colin Gunton - Defining Human Life: Cloning, Embryos, and the
Origins of Dignity
Ted Peters and Gaymon Bennett - Co-creator or Priestly Steward: Theological
Perspectives on Biotechnology
Ng Kam Weng - Soma, Psyche, Sin, and Salvation: Exploring the
Relationship between Genetics and Theology
Ronald Cole-Turner - Freedom and Covenant: Human Transcendence
and Genetic Determination
Carver T Yu - Genetic Science, the Person and the Common Good
Daniel Koh Kah Soon - Feed My Sheep: Genes, Nuerons and the Pastoral
Care of Persons
Robert Solomon - Biological Essentialism and the Person
Roland Chia Biblical References
Author Index
Subject Index
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