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Engineering desire: Biotechnological enhancement as theological problem

cam.issuedOnline2019-02-13
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dc.contributor.authorZahl, S
dc.contributor.orcidZahl, Simeon [0000-0002-3286-2356]
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T00:31:17Z
dc.date.available2019-01-16T00:31:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> This article argues for the dogmatic rather than just ethical significance of the biotechnological enhancement of human beings. It begins by reflecting on the close theological connections between salvation, sanctification, and affective and bodily transformation in light of the fact that affects and desires are in principle manipulable through biotechnological enhancement. It then examines the implications of this observation for questions of moral responsibility, asking whether biotechnological enhancement can be viewed as a kind of means of grace. The conclusion argues that theological reflection on the relationship between affects, soteriology and bioenhancement reveals limitations of the emphasis on embodiment in recent Christian theology. </jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.35362
dc.identifier.eissn1745-5235
dc.identifier.issn0953-9468
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288043
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0953946819827138
dc.subject5005 Theology
dc.subject50 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.titleEngineering desire: Biotechnological enhancement as theological problem
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-09-06
prism.endingPage228
prism.issueIdentifier2
prism.publicationDate2019
prism.publicationNameStudies in Christian Ethics
prism.startingPage216
prism.volume32
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-05
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1177/0953946819827138

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