Previous Page

Clones, Chimera, and the Imago Dei: Evangelical Exactitudes from Barthian Bioethics

The Christian Stake in Bioethics
Parallel Paper
May 20, 1994
R. Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Issues:
Bioethics: Core Concepts
Cloning
Genetic Ethics
Human Dignity
Tags:
Imago Dei
Human Cloning
Animal-Human Hybrids (Chimeras)
Theological Anthropology
Ethical Use of Technology

Audio Recording

Video Recording

Karl Barth's doctrine of the Imago Dei is used as an argument against the production of human clones and chimeras.

Keywords:
Reproduction and sexuality - Cloning; Bioethics; Imago Dei; Genetic technology