Articles
Guest Editorial: What does Physics tell us about God?
Owen Gingerich
Pages: 98-98
Human Genetics and the Image of the Triune God
Neil G. Messer
Pages: 99-111
Abstract
The initial sequencing of the human genome, together with the rapidly developing technology of genetic manipulation, has brought into sharp focus some acute questions about what it means to be human. In this paper, some key issues are identified: biological determinism and reductionism, the meaning of health, the effect on personal identity of manipulating our genes and the moral limits which should be placed on our use of genetic manipulation. A Christian account of human personhood, made in the image and likeness of God, is developed, drawing on various theological sources including the Trinitarian theology of John Zizioulas and Jürgen Moltmann and the theological anthropology of Alistair McFadyen. It is argued (1) that our being and identity are rooted and grounded in God’s creation of us; (2) that human personhood, made in God’s image, is inescapably relational; (3) that even the best human relationships fall short of the fullness of God’s image, so that the work of God in Christ is needed for the fulfilment of God’s creative purpose. On the basis of this account, a response is given to deterministic and reductionist views of the human person, an understanding of health is articulated and some ethical conclusions about the use of genetic manipulation are drawn.
Where science and history meet: some fresh challenges to the Christian faith?
Colin A. Russell
Pages: 113-125
The Wilberforce-Huxley Debate: Why Did It Happen?
John Hedley Brooke
Pages: 127-141
Correspondence
Supervenience and causality – A medical response
Alan J. Gijsbers
Pages: 163-164
Book reviews
Music to Move the Stars
Jane Hawking (Diana Briggs)
Pages: 166-167
Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
Michael Ruse (R J Berry)
Pages: 167-169
Origins of Life, Second Edition
Freeman Dyson (Margaret Ginzburg)
Pages: 169-170
The Shaping of Rationality: Towards Interdisciplinarity in Theology and Science
J. Wentzel van Huyssteen (Adrian Brown)
Pages: 170-172
Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species Updated
Steve Jones (Andrew Halestrap)
Pages: 172-174
Unprecedented Choices: Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of Genetic Science
Audrey R. Chapman (John A Bryant)
Pages: 174-175
From Global Warming to Dolly the Sheep: An Encyclopædia of Social Issues in Science and Technology
David E. Newton (Celia Deane-Drummond)
Pages: 176-177
Questions of Science: Exploring the interaction between science and faith
Andrew Barton (Michael Walker)
Pages: 177-178
Towards a Democratic Science. Scientific Narration and Civic Communication
Richard Harvey Brown (John Eldridge)
Pages: 178-180
Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology
William A. Dembski (Ernest Lucas)
Pages: 180-182
Electromagnetism and the Sacred
Laurence W. Fagg (Roland Dobbs)
Pages: 182-183
Science & its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective (2nd edition)
Del Ratzsch (Mike Poole)
Pages: 183-184
A Time to heal: A Contribution towards the Ministry of Healing
The Bishop of Chelmsford et al
Pages: 184-185
A Time to Heal: The Development of Good Practice in the Healing Ministry: A Handbook
The Bishop of Chelmsford et al (Dr. John Wilkinson)
Pages: 184-185
The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action
R.J. Berry (John M. Drake)
Pages: 185-186
Thinking Clearly about God and Science
David Wilkinson & Rob Frost (John Bausor)
Pages: 187-187
Rare Earth: why complex life is uncommon in the universe
Peter D.Ward and Donald Brownlee (Bennet McInnes)
Pages: 187-189
Christians and Bioethics
Fraser Watts (Stuart Lucas)
Pages: 189-190
Groundwork of Science and Religion
Philip Luscombe (Steve Bishop)
Pages: 190-191
Science and Theology since Copernicus
Peter Barrett (John Polkinghorne)
Pages: 190-191
Christianity and Ecology: Seeking the Well-Being of Earth and Humans
Dieter T. Hessel & Rosemary Radford Ruether (Ron Elsdon)
Pages: 191-192