The human genome project not only challenges such doctrines as creation, eschatology and anthropology, but also raises issues of social justice and medical ethics. This book brings together theologians, scientists and social scientists to debate the human genome project.

1. Introduction; Part 1: Insights From Science; 2. John A. Bryant: Genetic Modification of Animals and Humans, Principles, Practice and Possibilities; 3. Michael J. Reiss: "And in the World to Come, Life Everlasting"; Part 2: What Is It To Be Human? 4. Ruth Page: "The Human Genome and the Image of God"; 5. Neil G. Messer: The Human Genome Project, Health and the "Tyranny of Normality"; 6. Maureen Junker-Kenny: "Genes and the Self. Anthropological Questions in the HGP"; Part 3: Challenges To Ethical Frameworks; 7. Julie Clague: Beyond Beneficence. The Emergence of Genomorality; 8. Celia Deane-Drummond: How Might a Virtue Ethic Frame Debates in Human Genetics?; Part 4: Themes In Historical And Socio-Political Perspective; 9. Bronislaw Szerszynski: The Human Awaits Its Laplace; 10. Peter Scott: Is the Goodness of God Good Enough? The Human Genome Project in Theologico-Political Perspective; 11. Esther D. Reed: Property Rights, Genes and Heredity; 12. Conclusions; Index