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3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering

  • Albertson, David & Cabell King, eds. Without Nature? A New Condition for Theology. New York: Fordham University Press, 2009.
  • Bruce, Donald. Engineering Genesis: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering in Non-Human Animals. London: Earthscan, 1998.
  • Bryant, John & John Searle. Life in Our Hands: A Christian Perspective on Genetics and Cloning. Leicester, Eng.: InterVarsity, 2004.
  • Burgess, John P. In Whose Image? Faith, Science and the New Genetics. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1998.
  • Cahill, Lisa. Genetics, Theology, and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Conversation. New York: Crossroad, 2005.
  • Cole-Turner, Ronald, editor. Beyond Cloning: Religion and the Remaking of Humanity. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity International, 2001.
  • Colson, Charles W. & Nigel M. de S.Cameron, eds. Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia & Peter Manley Scott. Future Perfect? Theology, Medicine & Human Identity. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2006.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia, ed. Genetics and Christian Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia, editor. Brave New World? Theology, Ethics and the Human Genome. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia, et al., editors. Re-ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia. The Ethics of Nature. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia. Theology and Biotechnology: Implications for a New Science. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1997.
  • Drlica, Karl. Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Guide for the Curious. Third edition. New York: Wiley, 1997.
  • Holland, Suzanne, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth, eds. The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.
  • Hui, Edwin C. At the Beginning of Life: Dilemmas in Theological Bioethics. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
  • Kitcher, Philip. The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
  • Magill, Gerard, ed. Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study. St. Louis University Press, 2004.
  • Maienschein, Jane. Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003.
  • Nelson, J. Robert. On the New Frontiers of Genetics and Religion. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994.
  • Peters, Ted et al. Sacred Cells? Why Christians Should Support Stem Cell Research. Lanham, MD: Rowman Littlefield, 2008.
  • Peters, Ted, editor. Genetics: Issues of Social Justice. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim, 1998.
  • Peters, Ted. The Stem Cell Debate. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2007.
  • Peterson-Iver, Karen. Designer Children: Reconciling Genetic Technology, Feminism, and Christian Faith.  Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim, 2004.
  • Peterson, James. Changing Human Nature: Ecology, Ethics, Genes and God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.
  • Peterson, James. Genetic Turning Points: the Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001.
  • Reiss, Michael & Roger Straughan. Improving Nature? The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • Shannon, Thomas A. & James J. Walter, eds. The New Genetic Medicine: Theological and Ethical Reflections. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
  • Smith, David H. & Cynthia B. Cohen, eds. Response to the New Genetics: Religious, Ethical, and Social Issues. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
  • Snow, Nancy E., ed. Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004.
  • Waters, Brent & Ronald Cole-Turner, eds. God and the Embryo: Religious Voices on Stem Cells and Cloning. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography

  I. Historical and Social Background of Contemporary Western Science
  II. Reflections on the Nature of Modern Science
     A. Expositions of Modern Scientific Method
     B. Introductions to the Philosophy of Science
     C. Debates over the Social Dimensions of Modern Science
  III. Popular Expositions of Contemporary Natural Science
     A. General and Survey Treatments
     B. Mathematics
     C. Particle Physics
     D. Chemistry
     E. Chaos & Complexity Theory
     F. Cosmology and Astrophysics
     G. Geology and Natural History
     H. Evolutionary Molecular Biology
     I. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology
     J. Neuroscience
     K. Environmental Science/Ecology
  IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West
  V. Contemporary Engagement of the Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
     A. Typological Surveys of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     B. Introductions to Current Science/Theology Engagement
     C. Survey Essay Collections of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     D. Important Journals for the Current Science/Theology Engagement
     E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists
     F. Representative Recent Engagements of Natural Science by Christian Theologians
        1. Broad Western Christian Engagements
        2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements
        3. Eastern Orthodox  Engagements
        4. Consciously Revisionist Christian Engagements
           a. Moving toward a fully “Naturalist” Theology
           b. Moving toward a Universal “Mystical” Theology
     G. Select Topics in Current Natural Science / Christian Theology Dialogue
        1. The Status of Theology as a “Science”
        2. Mathematical Order of the Universe and the Divine
        3. Contemporary Physics and Divine Action / Providence
        4. Contemporary Evolutionary Biology and Divine Action / Providence
        5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
        6. The Creation/Evolution Controversy
           a. Detailed Bibliographies of the Controversy
           b. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the Controversy
           c. Contemporary Anti-supernaturalist Darwinists
           d. Recent Critiques of Naturalistic Darwinism (esp. “Intelligent Design”)
           e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism
           f. Surveys of the Diversity in “Creationist” Views
           g. Representative Young-Earth Creationist Advocates
           h. Representative Progressive Creationists
           i. Representative Fully Gifted Creationists (or Theistic Evolutionists)
           j. Additional Exegetical and Theological Perspectives
        7. Cosmology and Eschatology
        8. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature
        9. Genetic Impact on Behavior and Human Responsibility
        10. Neuroscience and the Human Soul / Human Responsibility
     H. Engagement of Ethical Dimensions of Modern Science/Technology
       1. Survey Treatments
       2. Nuclear Energy and Weapons
       3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
       4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2002)