ENGLISH

Biology and Christian Ethics (New Studies in Christian Ethics)

By Stephen R. L. Clark

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0521567688, 9780521567688, 0521561310, 9780521561310, 9780511010200
Open Library ID
OL7746422M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1315757 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
348\348
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This 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? 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 that is usually offered as the properly "modern" option.

Similar books