
How to Be a Christian in a Brave New World - eBook

How to Be a Christian in a Brave New World - eBook
Zondervan / 2009 / ePub
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Product Description
▼▲Today's world of scientific "advancements" stirs up several concerns for ethics and faith. This discerning resource points the church in a positive direction to counter the troubling subjects in the forefront of biotechnology today such as human cloning, genetic engineering and even human harvesting. You'll find this a riveting book full of pages to better understand and impact a humanistic world that demands a godly response.
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▼▲Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: Zondervan Publication Date: 2009 | ISBN: 9780310297291 ISBN-13: 9780310297291 UPC: 025986297299 |
Publisher's Description
▼▲Stem-cell research. Cloning. Genetic engineering. Today, discoveries in biotechnology are occurring so rapidly that we can barely begin to address one ethical debate before another looms overhead. This brave new world weve entered is a daunting one as well, with disturbing implications for the sanctity of life and for human nature itself. How should we respond as Christians? Drawing on an abundance of cutting-edge information and life experience, Joni Eareckson Tada and Nigel M. de S. Cameron help you think through issues no Christian can afford to ignore. As a quadriplegic who has spent three decades advocating for the disability community out of a wheelchair, Joni offers the insights of a woman intimately acquainted with suffering and struggle. Dr. Cameron shares from his vast knowledge as one of todays foremost bioethics. Together, they offer deeply informed perspectives on such pressing issues as Human cloning Designer babies Redefining human nature Human harvesting Here is thoughtful, passionate, and gripping reading about the world that is comingthat, indeed, is already hereand how to live out your faith with conviction in its midst.
Author Bio
▼▲Joni Eareckson Tada is CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that accelerates Christian outreach in the disability community. Joni and Friends provides practical support and spiritual help to special-needs families worldwide, and equips thousands of churches in developing disability ministry. Joni is the author of numerous bestselling books, including When God Weeps, Diamonds in the Dust, A Step Further, winner of the Gold Medallion Award, and her latest award-winning devotional A Spectacle of Glory. Joni and her husband, Ken, have been married for 35 years. For more information on Joni and Friends, visit www.joniandfriends.org
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD, a speaker, writer and consultant, is Research Professor of Bioethics at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and President of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future (thehumanfuture.org). He is also senior fellow of the Wilberforce Forum, Charles W. Colson's Christian worldview think tank in Washington, D.C., and director of its affiliated Council for Biotechnology Policy (biotechpolicy.org). Dr. Cameron lives in Deerfield, Illinois, with his wife Shenach. They have five children and four grandchildren.Product Reviews
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