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Zusatztext Mention in Church Times, 1st February 2008 Informationen zum Autor Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Laudato Si' Research Institute and Senior Research Fellow in Theology, Campion Hall at University of Oxford, UK. Peter Manley Scott is Senior Lecturer in Christian Social Thought and Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute, University of Manchester. Klappentext A hugely topical collection of essays from a cross-disciplinary group of leading academics focussing on the implications for an understanding of human identity in light of the current possibilities in medical science. The book brings together an international body of medical experts alongside philosophers, sociologists, theologians and ethicists in order to discuss these vital issues. The ensuing discussion will allow public debate to be more informed about the actual possibilities inherent in medical science, alongside a sophisticated treatment of ethical and theological issues. The result is a focused collection of essays that raises new and challenging questions. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a colloquium held at St Deniol's library in 2005, this book focuses on the contemporary possibilities inherent in medical science and the challenges that this raises for an understanding of human identity. It offers philosophical and scientific debates as to how far there can be any claim for the existence of human nature as such. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Future Perfect: What Should We Hope For? Peter Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond. A. Perspectives on Humans Chapter 1. Ted Peters Chapter 2. Gordon Graham Chapter 3 Soren Holm Chapter 4. Elaine Graham B Medicalised Humans Chapter 5 Michael Northcott Chapter 6 Gareth Jones Chapter 7 Gordon McPhate Chapter 8 Neil Messer C Fabulous Humans Chapter 9 Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams Chapter 10 Ulf Gorman Chapter 11 Maureen Junker-Kenny Chapter 12 Celia Deane-Drummond Chapter 13 Brent Waters ...
