Synopsis
The Church supports life and for years Christians have been involved in the advancement of science, medicine and health care. Recent progress in the life sciences, on the one hand, promises possible cures for genetic diseases; but on the other hand, raises issues about our definitions of life and about being human beings. As Christians standing between these two worlds of the modern scientific enterprise and the tradition of the church, A Christian Response to the Life Sciences presents the findings of the Life Sciences Study Group convened by the National Council of Churches of Singapore. This book provides both a basic background to the life sciences, as well as Christian ethical foundations. Other chapters then build on these to deal with cloning, embryonic stem cell research, the human genome project and genetically modified food. The result of group work, these issues are covered both from the scientific view - what it is, what is involved - and the Christian view, how Christian biblical and theological principles guide our understanding of an response to these issues.
ISBN: 978-981-40-4531-5
Size: 199 by 130 mm (Closed)
No. of Pages: 128
Year Published: 2002
About the Author
The National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) is an association of churches and Christian organisations. It brings together the major Christian denominations and churches in Singapore. One of its objects is to form Christian public opinion and to bring it to bear on the moral, social, national and international issues of the day, particularly those which may affect the life and welfare of the people of Singapore.
