Forecasting a Posthuman Future: Review of Redesigning Humans and Our Posthuman Future
Two recent books provide interesting contrasts in thinking about our human biological future, Redesigning Humansby Gregory Stock and Our Posthuman Futureby Francis Fukuyama, depict the years ahead for the development of human evolution.
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Report from the Intelligent Design & Evolution Awareness Center (IDEA)
The Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA) Center invited me to a conference co-sponsored the University of San Francisco Jesuit Foundation, 27-28 September 2002 at USF. I was not surprised when an invitation to an "intelligent design conference popped up in my e-mail in box. I was surprised and disappointed, though, that it included an enthusiastic endorsement by an Episcopal youth worker.
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Creation Story for the Next Millennium
The following essay, by Derek Pursey, is reprinted by permission of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith. Dr. Pursey, emeritus professor of physics at Iowa State University, is a charter member of PASTCF.
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New Edition of Classic Theology Text Gives Good Treatment to Science/Religion Relations
Congratulations to the authors on the publication of this revision. As with both earlier editions, this one is certain to be important in training clergy and lay leaders in theological methodology.
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"Our Genes/Our Choices" to air on PBS
A major three-part series entitled "Our Genes/Our Choices" will be aired on Public Television in January. The Committee on Science, Technology and Faith recommends these programs to parish and campus groups as focus-points for small-group discussions in areas where ethics/ theology meet science/technology.
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