01 Feb 2003
Preface Introduction PART I: CURRENT DEBATES IN THEOLOGY Introduction to Part 1 1. Celia Deane-Drummond, Robin Grove-White and Bronislaw Szerszynski: Genetically Modified Theology, The Religious Dimensions of Public Concerns about Agricultural BiotechnologyChristopher Southgate: Response to Chapter 1 2. John Hedley Brooke: Detracting from Divine Power? Religious Belief and the Appraisal of New TechnologiesArthur Peacocke: Response to Chapter 2 3. Michael Banner: The Sublime, The Sabbath and the Limits of BiotechnologyMichael Reiss: Response to Chapter 3 4. Michael Northcott: 'Behold I Have Set the Land Before You' (Deut 1.8). Christian Ethics, GM Foods and the Culture of Modern FarmingPeter Scott: Response to Chapter 4 PART II: REFLECTIONS FROM SPECIFIC CASES Introduction to Part II 5. Arthur Peacocke: Relating Genetics to Theology on the Map of Scientific Knowledge 6. Michael Reiss: Is It Right to Move Genes between Species? A Theological Perspective 7. Donald Bruce: Playing Dice with Creation, How Risky Should the New Technologies Be? 8. Stephen Clark: Thinking about Biotechnology, Towards a Theory of Just Experimentation PART III: PUBLIC VOICES AND GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES Introduction to Part III 9. Mairi Levitt: 'Just Because We Can Do Something Doesn't Mean We Should', Young People's Responses to Biotechnology 10. Bronislaw Szerszynski: At Reason's End, The Inoperative Liturgy of Risk Society 11. Brian Wynne: Interpreting Public Concerns about GMOs PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, THEOLOGY AND SOCIETY Introduction to Part IV 12. Jacqui Stewart: Reordering Means and Ends, Ellul and the New Genetics 13. Peter Scott: Nature, Technology and the Rule of God, (En)Countering the Disgracing of Nature 14. Celia Deane-Drummond: Aquinas, Wisdom Ethics and the New Genetics 15. Bronislaw Szerszynski and Celia Deane-Drummond: The Reordering of Nature, a Post-Script List of Contributors Index