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Synthetic Biology
Assessing synthetic biology from a societal and ethical perspective is not only a matter of determining possible harms and benefits of synthetic biology applications. Synthetic biology also incorporates a specific technoscientific understanding of its research agenda and its research objects that has philosophical and ethical implications. This edited volume sets out to explore and evaluate these synthetic biology worldviews and it proposes appropriate governance measures. In addition, legal challenges are discussed.
Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans
Karl Barth’s commentary on Paul’s epistle to the Romans, in its two editions (1919 and 1922), is one of the most significant works published in Christian theology in the 20th century. This book, which landed “like a bombshell on the theologians’ playground,” still deserves close scrutiny one hundred years after its publication. In this volume, New Testament scholars, philosophers of religion and systematic theologians ponder the intricacies of Barth’s “expressionistic” commentary, pointing out the ways in which Barth interprets Paul’s epistle for his own day, how this actualized interpretation of the apostle’s message challenged the theology of Barth’s time, and how som...
Individualized Medicine Between Hype and Hope
"Individualized medicine" is a catchphrase currently used to denote efforts in medical research and practice to establish tailored healthcare. The vision of "personalized" medicine has proved to be highly ambivalent, reflecting hype and hope - compared to the great expectations only very few applications have been realized up to now. The contributions to this volume discuss the challenges for patients, doctors, and the healthcare system and examine ethical and societal issues arising from one the most promising and most controversial developments in medical science and biotechnology. (Series: Medizin und Gesellschaft - Vol. 19)
Krise der Zukunft I
Die Zukunft scheint unsicher, ja bedrohlich. Ob Klimawandel, möglicher Kollaps der Märkte oder die Entwicklung der westlichen Demokratien: Allgegenwärtig sieht man sich mit möglichen Katastrophen konfrontiert. Mit den intensiv darüber geführten Zukunftsdiskursen beschäftigen sich die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses interdisziplinären Bands, und zwar in analytisch-historischen Perspektiven. Denn die Art und Weise, wie man die Zukunft in den Blick nimmt, ist weder beliebig noch allgemein, sondern stark von religiös-apokalyptischen Denkmustern und Vorstellungswelten geprägt. Die ausführlichen Hintergrundanalysen geben überraschende Antworten auf apokalyptische Szenarien unserer Zeit.
Epigenetics
Modern epigenetics unites scientists from life sciences, organic chemistry as well as computer and engineering sciences to find an answer to the question of how environmental influences can have a lasting effect on gene expression, maybe even into the next generations. This volume examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the ethical, legal and social aspects of epigenetics.
The Finality of the Gospel
In this volume, leading systematic theologians and New Testament scholars working today undertake a fresh and constructive interdisciplinary engagement with key eschatological themes in Christian theology in close conversation with the work of Karl Barth.
Rudolf Otto
Das Thema Kriegsmaterialexporte war immer wieder Anlass kontroverser Auseinandersetzungen - auch in den Kirchen. Die vorliegende Studie beschaftigt sich erstmals und aus der Perspektive des Historikers mit den Ausserungen des Schweizerischen Evangelischen Kirchenbundes SEK zu Volksinitiativen, die eine strengere Gesetzgebung fur den Export von Rustungsgutern forderten. Obwohl alle vier zwischen 1938 und 2009 zur Abstimmung gelangten Initiativen verworfen wurden, fuhrten sie dennoch zu Gesetzesanderungen. Andre Rothlisberger stellt zunachst die Entwicklungen der schweizerischen Gesetzgebung zum Rustungsguterexport dar. Danach analysiert er die Rolle des SEK in diesen Diskussionen und dessen offizielle Stellungnahmen von den 1930er Jahren bis in die Gegenwart.
Brokenness and Reconciliation
Too often we see reality in black and white, overlooking nuances that require the discernment of tensions between the brokenness of our world and our desires for reconciliation. Yet the gap between wounding words and actions and the hope for acts of reconciliation can lead to even more violence and despair. The authors of this volume explore these tensions and the valences of ‘brokenness’ and ‘reconciliation’ in Paul Tillich’s thought. Together, they contribute to a richer understanding of the thought of the German American theologian and philosopher, his commitments, and the constructive interpretations his work can induce for us today. Think of the ruptures and efforts of dialogu...
Dynamics of Religion
Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today’s Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.
