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Genetic Engineering

Plants and GM: How Should We Respond?

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  • Anna Buter

How should a Christian respond to the use of genetically modified food and plants? This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified plants, suggesting how Christians might respond to this.

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The New Utopia: It Has No Room For the Disabled or the Suffering

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  • Johan D. Tangelder

This article looks at the results of a worldview influenced by evolution and the impact it has on biotechnology, with a special focus on the study of eugenics. The author gives an evaluation of this development through a Christian perspective.

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Human Genetics

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  • Audrey Elkington

The field of human genetics is vast, involving many different technologies, offering many possibilities. The field of human genetics is also moving at great speed. Each day new genes are discovered, new sequences published and new therapies suggested. Christian theology is not called to respond in a superficial way to every new discovery. The article suggests how the church should respond from an ethical, pastoral and theological perspective.

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Divine Intervention: Genetic Engineering and the Plan of God

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  • Michael Hill

Does the Bible speak on the issue of genetic engineering? Not directly, but the story of salvation history has implications for such engineering. This article discusses what the Bible has to say on the concepts of personhood, health, and medicine. From the conclusion that we have a moral obligation to restore the balance of creation, the article attempts to weigh in on the issue of genetic engineering.

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