Biology and Christian EthicsThis stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and ethicist. What effect should modern biological theory and practice have on Christian understanding of ethics? How much of that theory and practice should Christians endorse? Can Christians, for example, agree that biological changes are not governed by transcendent values, or that there are no clear or essential boundaries between species? To what extent can 'Nature' set our standards? Professor Clark takes a reasoned look at biological theory since Darwin and argues that an orthodox Christian philosophy is better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive, meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which is usually offered as the properly 'modern' option. |
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Stephen R. L. Clark. NEW STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS Biology & Christian Ethics STEPHEN R. L. CLARK Biology and Christian Ethics This stimulating and wide - ranging. Front Cover.
Stephen R. L. Clark. NEW STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS Biology & Christian Ethics STEPHEN R. L. CLARK Biology and Christian Ethics This stimulating and wide - ranging. Front Cover.
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... ethics has increasingly assumed a central place within academic theology . At the same time the growing power and ambiguity of modern science and the rising dissatisfaction ... Ethics 7 E. CLINTON GARDNER Justice and Christian Ethics 8 SUSAN.
... ethics has increasingly assumed a central place within academic theology . At the same time the growing power and ambiguity of modern science and the rising dissatisfaction ... Ethics 7 E. CLINTON GARDNER Justice and Christian Ethics 8 SUSAN.
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... Ethics 9 LISA SOWLE CAHILL Sex , Gender and Christian Ethics IO MICHAEL NORTHCOTT The Environment and Christian Ethics II STANLEY RUDMAN Concepts of Person and Christian Ethics 12 GARTH HALLETT Priorities and Christian Ethics 13 DAVID ...
... Ethics 9 LISA SOWLE CAHILL Sex , Gender and Christian Ethics IO MICHAEL NORTHCOTT The Environment and Christian Ethics II STANLEY RUDMAN Concepts of Person and Christian Ethics 12 GARTH HALLETT Priorities and Christian Ethics 13 DAVID ...
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... ethics / Stephen R. L. Clark . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0 521 5613 0 ( hardback ) ISBN 0о 521 56768 8 ( paperback ) 1. Christian ethics . 2. Biology - Religious aspects - Christianity . 3. Ethics ...
... ethics / Stephen R. L. Clark . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0 521 5613 0 ( hardback ) ISBN 0о 521 56768 8 ( paperback ) 1. Christian ethics . 2. Biology - Religious aspects - Christianity . 3. Ethics ...
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... ethical debate about ecology . His new book Biology and Christian Ethics clearly develops from the issues examined in these earlier books . It responds to the challenges of such writers as Richard Dawkins and E. O. Wilson , and to such ...
... ethical debate about ecology . His new book Biology and Christian Ethics clearly develops from the issues examined in these earlier books . It responds to the challenges of such writers as Richard Dawkins and E. O. Wilson , and to such ...
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