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GenEthics and Religion
Human gene and cell technology is a diverse and rapidly evolving field of research. As genes represent the 'blueprint' of an organism, their analysis and manipulation is a challenge to our understanding of human nature. Stem cell research, genetic testing, gene therapy, therapeutic and reproductive cloning -- all these fields of application have been raising fundamental ethical and religious-theological questions: When does human life begin? Should human beings be allowed to interfere with natural procreation or to manipulate the genome of their own species? Is genetic engineering tantamount to 'playing God'? Based on the symposium 'GenEthics and Religion' held in Basel, Switzerland in May 2...
Knowing One's Medical Fate in Advance
Modern medicine is now in a position to make advanced prognoses that chart the entire course of illness and recovery. Paradoxically, this is coupled with a new dimension of uncertainty for the patient, i.e. coming to terms with discovering they have an increased risk of a particular disease and deciding what appropriate steps to take.
Handbook of Hinduism in Europe (2 vols)
The Handbook of Hinduism in Europe portrays and analyses Hindu traditions in every country in Europe. It presents the main Hindu communities, religious groups, forms and teachings present in the continent and shows that Hinduism have become a major religion in Europe.
Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion
Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion studies narrativity as situated modes of engaging with reality in religious contexts across the globe, equally shaped by the immersive character of the stories told and the sensory qualities of their performances.
Thieves of Virtue
An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring. Bioethics emerged in the 1960s from a conviction that physicians and researchers needed the guidance of philosophers in handling the issues raised by technological advances in medicine. It blossomed as a response to the perceived doctor-knows-best paternalism of the traditional medical ethic and today plays a critical role in health policies and treatment decisions. Bioethics claimed to offer a set of generally applicable, universally accepted guidelines that would simplify complex situations. In Thieves of Virtue, Tom Koch contends that bioeth...
Disclosure Dilemmas
There exists today a fast growing availability of personal genetic information. Its prognostic impact and value for an individual or family member's health is sometimes unclear, whilst at other times it is clear-cut. The issue of whether to disclose genetic information does however have wide ranging implications. Avoiding the rhetoric of 'genetic exceptionalism', and drawing on an expanded field of bioethical, sociological and anthropological research, this book sets a new agenda for discussing the ethics surrounding the disclosure of prognostic genetic information. A hermeneutical approach reconsiders the ethics of disclosure in a variety of contexts in which genetic information is generate...
Verhärtet eure Herzen nicht
The book interprets Hebrews against the background of ancient synagogue preaching and liturgy. It argues that the text is an exhortative homily for Tisha be-Av, founded upon readings from Exod 31: 18-32: 35 and Jer 31: 31-34. This hermeneutical key opens new perspectives on Hebrews. ***** Die Untersuchung deutet den Hebraer(brief) auf dem Hintergrund der antiken Synagogenhomilie und -liturgie. Basis ist ein hermeneutischer Schlussel, wonach der Schrift als mahnender Homilie zu Tischa be-Aw die Lesungen aus 31,18-32,35 und Jer 31,31-34 zugrunde liegen. Dies eroffnet neue Perspektiven auf den Text des Hebraers.
Medizinische Prognosen im Horizont eigener Lebensführung
English summary: The diagnostic technology in modern medicine is providing increasingly detailed information on the potential progress of health or of a disease. Those concerned are confronted with the task of anticipating the significance of the probability of occurrence in each case for the potential way of living their own lives and to make concrete decisions regarding examinations or treatment in each individual case. Using prenatal diagnosis as an example, Gabriela Brahier studies how the women concerned reach their decision based on the test. Based on a philosophically and socially informed theology and a qualitative case study, the author shows that the decisions are made on the basis...
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Wie kann man Religion rekonstruieren und messen? Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen aus Theologie und anderen religionsbezogenen Disziplinen wie Religionswissenschaft, Psychologie oder Pädagogik beschäftigen sich zunehmend mit spezifischen empirischen Zugängen zu religiösen Themen. Der vorliegende Band vereint neuere Arbeiten aus dem Schweizer Kontext und grundsätzliche Beiträge mit empirischem Zugang zu religionsbezogenen Fragestellungen und ermöglicht damit einen Einblick in diesen Zweig der Religionsforschung.
Religion in Fortress Europe
How does religion maintain or challenge discourses on national identity? What are the roles that religion plays on all sides – from Islamophobia of the radical right to the Christian alliances on both sides of the Atlantic, to the Islamic beliefs and practices of European citizens as well as migrant communities – in the constitution of Fortress Europe? Are there any alliances shaping between belief and unbelief on either side of the battle for the future of Europe? These questions and more motivate the chapters in this timely interdisciplinary collection, with contributions focusing on diverse contexts throughout Europe involving a broad range of religious identifications and actors.
