This Mortal Flesh: Incarnation and Bioethics

by Brent Waters

Overview

Although a proper concern for health is compatible with Christian faith, recent and anticipated advances in extending human longevity are often based on philosophical presuppositions and religious values that are adverse to core Christian beliefs and convictions. In this solid text, theologian and ethicist Brent Waters reflects on the formation, practice, and meaning of the Christian moral life in light of selected bioethical issues. Theologically grounding his reflections on the doctrine of the incarnation, Waters considers issues such as biotechnology and physical/cognitive enhancement, reproductive technology, human genetics, embryonic stem cell research, and regenerative medicine. He also examines the "posthuman project," exploring what it means to be human in light of the denial of mortality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441210913
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	556 KB

About the Author

Brent Waters (DPhil, University of Oxford) is Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, where he also directs the Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ; has authored, edited, or contributed to many books; and serves on the advisory board of Christian Bioethics.

Table of Contents

1. How Brave a New World? God, Technology, and Medicine
2. A Theological Reflection on Reproductive Medicine
3. Are Our Genes Our Fate? Genomics and Christian Theology
4. Persons, Neighbors, and Embryos: Some Ethical Reflections on Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research
5. Extending Human Life: To What End?
6. What Is Christian about Christian Bioethics?
7. Revitalizing Medicine: Empowering Natality vs. Fearing Mortality
8. The Future of the Human Species
9. Creation, Creatures, and Creativity: The Word and the Final Word
Index