Contents
VIEWING NEW CREATIONS
WITH ANABAPTIST EYES
Ethics of Biotechnology

Edited by Roman J. Miller,
Beryl H. Brubaker, and James C. Peterson

Foreword 11

Preface 15

Acknowledgements 17

Part One: Genetic Modifications

1 The New Genetics: Stem Cell Research and Cloning

2 Who Shall We Be? A Response to John Gearhart

3 Human Genetic Therapies and Manipulations

4 Genetically Modified Plants and Organisms

5 Shaping Creation:

A Response to Leslie Biesecker and Carole Cramer

6 Audience Questions: Genetic Modifications 79

Part Two: Perspectives

7 Viewing Bioethics Through Anabaptist Eyes

8 The Biotechnology Vision: Insight from Anabaptist Values

9 Ethical Issues in Biotechnology: Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Anabaptist Vision

10 An Ethic of Caring

11 Eugenics, Genetic Screening, and the Slippery Slope

12 Crosscultural Approach to Biotechnology

13 Emerging Biotechnologies: A Historical Perspective

14 Biotechnology Through the Lens of the Poet’s Pen

15 Biotechnology Through the Lens of Public Policy

16 Biotechnology Through a Nursing Ethics Lens

17 Natural Selection or Genetic Modification?

Biotechnology and Business

18 The Farmer’s Future: Biotechnology

from an Agricultural Perspective

19 Menno Simons, Anabaptism,
and the Promises of Biotechnology

20 The Face of Overpowering Knowledge

21 Biotechnology and Agriculture: An Anabaptist Response

22 Biotechnology and Public Policy: An Anabaptist Response

23 Bioethics: How Will Anabaptists Respond?

24 Pastoral Concerns: Parental Anxiety

and Other Issues of Character

25 Audience Questions: Perspectives 230

Part Three: Critique and Synthesis

26 Anabaptist Eyes on Biotechnology

27 Technology, Justice, and Questions

28 Biotechnology and the Future

29 Facing Biotechnology as an Alternative
Community of Worship, Character, and Discernment

30 All Considered: Shared Themes and Growing Edges

The Index 000

The Editors 000

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