Creative Creatures

"This is a well-written book which features short essays on some of the most important contemporary issues in science and technology, and religion." -- Theological Book Review "This is a collection of 14 informative and provocative papers."Theology, November 2008 'The essays were revised in order to create a carefully focused volume, and the editors have done well in producing a tightly knit book, well worthy of review by participants in the ongoing theology and science dialogue.' -- Studies in Religion, Vol 39

Ulf Gorman is Professor of Ethics at Lund University, Sweden. Willem B. Drees is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Hubert Meisinger is student chaplain at the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany

Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Technological and Moral Creatures or Creators? Willem B. Drees, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; PART I: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON OUR WORLDVIEW; 2. ICT and the Character of Finitude Rene P.H. Munnik, University of Twente, the Netherlands; 3. Technology and the Changing Notion of Nature Zbigniew Liana, The Pontifical Academy of Theology, Cracow, Poland. 4. Co-creator or co-creator: The Problem with Artificial Intelligence Noreen Herzfeld, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, USA; 5. From Thou to IT: Information Technology from the Perspective of the Language Philosophy of Rosenzweig and Rosenstock-Huessy Otto Kroesen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; 6. Being Cyborgs: On Creating Humanity in a Created World of Technology Taede Smedes, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; PART II: MORALITY, NATURE, AND CULTURE; 7. The Perennial Debate about Human Goodness: The Primate Evidence Frans B.M. de Waal, Emory University, Atlanta, USA; 8. Theological Reflections on the Moral Nature of Nature Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA; 9. Is it Suitable to Translate Christian Anthropological Topics into Genetic and Cognitive Categories? The Case of Original Sin Lluis Oviedo, Pontifical Ateneum Antonianum, Rome, Italy; PART III: MORALITY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY; 10. Ethical Issues of Al and Biotechnology Margaret A. Boden, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; 11. Co-creation or Hubris? Responses to Biotechnology in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Ulf Gorman, Lund University, Sweden; 12. The Human being a Co-Creator? Theological Reflections on Reproductive Cloning of Human Individuals Jan-Olav Henriksen, The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo, Norway; 13. When Astronomers and Environmentalists Clash Over a Sky Island Christopher J. Corbally, SJ, The Vatican Observatory, Rome, Italy, and University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; 14. The Crisis of Ideologies and the Need for a New Anthropology: Values Education in a Technological and Pragmatic Age Angela Roothaan, The Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Index.