The Human Genome Project as a case study in the debate about the relationship between theology and natural science

dc.contributor.upauthorBuitendag, Johan
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-10T09:01:56Z
dc.date.available2010-03-10T09:01:56Z
dc.date.issued2005
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dc.description.abstractThe author presents a review article on the book, Brave new world? Theology, ethics and the human genome, edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and published in 2003 by T&T Clark International in London. After a rather elaborate exposition, he appraises the collection of essays in terms of the dialogue between theology and the natural sciences. As an acid test, he assesses the challenge Kant, however, dealt with, namely to combine and to separate the right things. Kant pushed this to extremes and ended up with both solipsism and dualism. This article tackles the challenge differently and concludes that theology is a posteriori science and that by means of différance, knowledge of the noumenon is indeed possible. The author therefore appreciates the different contributions in the book in this light. Deane-Drummond’s proposal that a virtue ethic should be complemented by certain biblical values is therefore viewed rather sceptically. This remains a transcendental enterprise where epistemology precedes ontology.en
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuitendag, Johan 2005, 'The Human Genome Project as a case study in the debate about the relationship between theology and natural science', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 753-769.[http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive]en
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13368
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherReformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.rightsReformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman genetics -- Religious aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshHuman Genome Project -- Moral and ethical aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshReligion and scienceen
dc.subject.lcshNatural theologyen
dc.subject.lcshGenetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspectsen
dc.titleThe Human Genome Project as a case study in the debate about the relationship between theology and natural scienceen
dc.typeArticleen

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