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Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 25)
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Religion is a dominant force in the lives of many Americans. It animates, challenges, directs and shapes, as well, the legal, political, and scientific agendas of the new Age of Biotechnology. In a very real way, religion, biomedical technology and law are - epistemologically - different. Yet, they are equal vectors of force in defining reality and approaching an understanding of it. Indeed, all three share a synergetic relationship, for they seek to understand and improve the human condition.
This book strikes a rich balance between thorough analysis (in the body), anchored in sound references to religion, law and medical scientific analysis, and a strong scholarly direction in the end notes. It presents new insights into the decision-making processes of the new Age of Biotechnology and shows how religion, law and medical science interact in shaping, directing and informing the political processes.
This volume will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in the fields of religion and theology, philosophy, ethics, (family) law, science, medicine, political science and public policy, and gender studies. It will serve as a reference source and can be used in graduate and undergraduate courses in law, medicine and religion.
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"It is easy to understand why this book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 in non fiction"...." The Christian Religion and Biotechnology succeeds admirably in showing decisively the complementary roles that Law, Religion, and Medical Science play in confronting the complex medical, legal, social, ethical, and philosophical issuues of the Age of the New Biology." [Msgr. Charles V. Antonicelli, Esquire, Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, vol. XXIII:1, 2007]
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Christian Religion and Biotechnology
Book Subtitle: A Search for Principled Decision-making
Authors: George P. Smith
Series Title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3148-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3146-5Published: 21 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6808-8Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3148-9Published: 18 June 2005
Series ISSN: 1567-8008
Series E-ISSN: 2351-955X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 254
Topics: Ethics, Religious Studies, general, Medical Law, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Public Law, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering