Christianity and Bioethics. Seeking Arguments for Stem Cell Research in Genesis

Leabu, Mircea, Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies

Abstract: Many Christian scholars, if not all of them, consider Genesis to be foundational texts of the Bible and the spring for all the other doctrines of the Scripture. Therefore, I'm considering the attempt to search and find arguments for cell therapy ethical issues in the fundamental text of Genesis as a challenging and educative task. Moreover, this could be the first step in analyzing the relationships between Christian religions and bioethics, in terms of finding reasonable decisions for ethical challenges, raised by the current biomedical research. As for many other dilemmas of humanity, we have to recall the text of Genesis for analyzing the goodness or evilness of our actions …

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Publication information: Article title: Christianity and Bioethics. Seeking Arguments for Stem Cell Research in Genesis. Contributors: Leabu, Mircea - Author. Journal title: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. Volume: 11. Issue: 31 Publication date: Spring 2012. Page number: 72+. © SACRI The Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies Winter 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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