Faith meets the Human Genome Project
Religious factors in the public response to genetics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22947880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ron Cole-Turner (0000-0001-5858-9514, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-214 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Understanding of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-6625 • E-ISSN: 1361-6609 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1088/0963-6625/8/3/305 |
| OpenAlex | W2183225235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Providers of genetic services need to be broadly aware of the role that religious beliefs can play in the public's understanding of genetic information and of the choices that are posed. This paper identifies three religious themes that tend to arise when religious people, especially Christians, are involved in genetic testing and pre-symptomatic diagnosis. The first theme of fate and freedom leads to the prediction that religious people will be less likely than others to ascribe fatalistic or deterministic powers to genes but will want to maintain room for human and divine freedom, and that perhaps they will err too much in this direction. The second theme, having to do with religious community, suggests that religious people will experience a tension between the need for genetic privacy and the desire to share personal concerns with their faith community. Third, religious people regard the unborn with respect, even if not all regard the fetus as a person. Those who accept abortion for genetic reasons are likely to grieve the loss and to look for rituals to mark the value of the life that was not continued.
Abortion · Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Fatalism · Genetic testing · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Value (mathematics) · Genetics · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |