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Disability's Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine

Disability's Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine

Stahl, Devan

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral ChristianityGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0268202974
ISBN13: 9780268202972
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Aug 15 2022
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Disability's Challenge to Theology uses insights from disability studies to understand in a deeper way the ethical implications that genetic technologies pose for Christian thought.

Theologians have been debating genetic engineering for decades, but what has been missing from many theological debates is a deep concern for persons with genetic disabilities. In this ambitious and stimulating book, Devan Stahl argues that engagement with metaphysics and a theology of nature is crucial for Christians to evaluate both genetic science and the moral use of genetic technologies, such as human genetic engineering, gene therapy, genetic screenings, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and gene editing. Using theological notions of creation ex nihilo and natural law alongside insights from disability studies, Stahl seeks to recast the debate concerning genetic well-being. Following the work of Stanley Hauerwas, Stahl proposes the church as the locus for reimagining disability in a way that will significantly influence the debates concerning genetic therapies.

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