Call for Papers—Beyond Therapy: Exploring Enhancement & Human Futures
CBHD's 17th Annual International Conference on Bioethics
Institutes: July 12-15, 2010
Conference: July 15-17, 2010
Seminars: July 19-21, 2010
Chicago, Illinois

• Robert D. Orr, MD has completed a volume of case studies for clergy and medical professionals (Eerdmans, anticipated Winter 2009). This volume, Medical Ethics and the Faith Factor: A Handbook for Clergy and Health Care Professionals, will appear in the Center’s series Critical Issues in Bioethics.
   
• David P. Gushee, PhD is in the research and composition stage of a volume on the sanctity of life (Eerdmans). This volume will appear in the Center’s series Critical Issues in Bioethics.
   
• Michael J. Sleasman, PhD is the General Editor along with C. Ben Mitchell, PhD for the International Dictionary of Christian Bioethics (Zondervan). The Center is providing research support to this reference volume which will include numerous CBHD consultants, fellows, and affiliates.
   
• The Center has partnered with novelist Austin Boyd to serve as a consultant on a series of biotech novels, the first of which is under contract with Zondervan. The series is tentatively entitled, “The Chimera Chronicles.”