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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... the three volumes Civil Peace and Sacred Order ( 1989 ) , A Parliament of Souls ( 1990 ) and God's World and the great Awakening ( 1991 ) . They are by no means easy books - highly literate and ix General editor's preface.
... the three volumes Civil Peace and Sacred Order ( 1989 ) , A Parliament of Souls ( 1990 ) and God's World and the great Awakening ( 1991 ) . They are by no means easy books - highly literate and ix General editor's preface.
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... Gods of Place ' in Tim Chappell , ed . , The Philosophy of Environmentalism ( Edin- burgh University Press : Edinburgh ... God's Will ? ' in Andrew Linzey and Dorothy Yamamoto , eds . , Animals in Christian Religion ( SCM Press : London ...
... Gods of Place ' in Tim Chappell , ed . , The Philosophy of Environmentalism ( Edin- burgh University Press : Edinburgh ... God's Will ? ' in Andrew Linzey and Dorothy Yamamoto , eds . , Animals in Christian Religion ( SCM Press : London ...
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... God , and that their appearance in the world was by special creation ( even if that did not take place as literal - minded readers of the Book of Genesis might suppose1 ) . Many Christian thinkers have also placed great stress on ...
... God , and that their appearance in the world was by special creation ( even if that did not take place as literal - minded readers of the Book of Genesis might suppose1 ) . Many Christian thinkers have also placed great stress on ...
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... God , genes and destiny ( HarperCollins : London 1996 ) , p . xvii . 4 It is axiomatic , for example , that all knowledge is either good , or at least neutral , and only the uses of it ( which are someone else's fault ) can be bad ...
... God , genes and destiny ( HarperCollins : London 1996 ) , p . xvii . 4 It is axiomatic , for example , that all knowledge is either good , or at least neutral , and only the uses of it ( which are someone else's fault ) can be bad ...
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... gods , demons , hungry ghosts and hell ) , and enlightenment lies in realizing our non - identity with any form we briefly wear : all forms are empty of significance . But all these notions , in usual practice , come round to the same ...
... gods , demons , hungry ghosts and hell ) , and enlightenment lies in realizing our non - identity with any form we briefly wear : all forms are empty of significance . But all these notions , in usual practice , come round to the same ...
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