TY - BOOK AU - Deane-Drummond,Celia AU - Scott,Peter TI - Future perfect?: God, medicine and human identity SN - 0567030792 (hardback) AV - QH438.7 .F88 2006 U1 - 174 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - T & T Clark International KW - Human genetics KW - Social aspects KW - Congresses KW - Medical technology KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index; Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for?; Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond --; Perfect humans or trans-humans?; Ted Peters --; Human nature and the human condition; Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare; S|ren Holm --; In whose image? Representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity; Elaine Graham --; In the waters of Babylon: the moral geography of the embryo; Michael S. Northcott --; Neuroscience and the modification of human beings; D. Gareth Jones --; Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences; Gordon McPhate --; Medicine, science and virture; Neil Messer --; Forecasting the future: legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate; Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams --; Never too late to live a little longer? The quest for extended life and immortality: some ethical considerations; Ulf "G|rman --; Genetic perfection, or fulfulment of creation in Christ?; Maureen Junker-Kenny --; Future perfect? God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality; Celia Deane-Drummond --; Saving us from ourselves: christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine; Brent Waters UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2006283626.html ER -