Gender (continued)
cultural transmission and, 195
definition of, 324
ecofeminism and, 233–234
feminist cultural critique and, 762
feminist theology and, 327–328,
747
Hindu male bias and, 402–403
misuse of imago dei doctrine
and, 449
physical beauty preferences and,
431
science and, 323–325, 654–655
sex–bias–based abortion and, 67,
402
sociobiological view of, 385
womanist theology and, 328,
928
See also Patriarchalism; Sexual
bias; Women
Gender of Science, The (Kourany),
654
Gendron, Bernard, 862
Gene chip, 69
Gene–culture coevolution. See
Behavioral genetics; Creation;
Design; Evolution, biocultural;
Evolution, human; Genetic
determinism; Genetics; Nature
versus nurture; Sociobiology
Gene/environment interaction. See
Behavioral genetics
Gene flow, 294, 609
Gene frequency change, 294
Gene modification. See Gene
therapy; Genetic engineering
Gene myth, 359, 422–424, 584, 806
Gene patenting, 67, 69, 337,
352–355
arguments for, 353–354
Human Genome Project and,
420, 424–425
India and, 403–404
objections to, 352–353, 360–361
General Evolution Theory, 855–856
General Scholium (Newton), 619,
621–622, 623, 659
General Systems Theory, 153, 854,
855
General Theory of Relativity. See
Relativity, General Theory of
Generation (Aristotelian causation
term), 92
Generic theism, Final Anthropic
Principle and, 15
Genes
definition of, 362
See also Behavioral genetics;
DNA; Gene patenting; Gene
therapy; Genetic code; Genetics
Gene sequencing. See DNA
Genesis, 355–356
age of the universe and, 5
biblical cosmology and, 61, 99,
124
Big Bang consonance with,
771–772
on biological diversity, 62, 531
catastrophism and, 90, 188–189,
299, 638
Christian interpretations of, 119,
122, 124, 125, 132, 138, 144,
278, 355, 356, 411, 760, 787
creation account in, 11, 61, 99,
130, 132, 186, 188, 189, 303,
355–356, 411, 415, 564, 591,
760, 821
creation science evidence for,
190, 786
death and, 203
ecology references in, 236, 237,
411
fall account in, 321, 322, 324
historical criticism of, 411, 761
on imago dei, 436, 449
key chapters and verse, 786
linguistic hermeneutics and, 396
literal reading of, 188, 189, 190,
278, 299
Luther commentary on, 248
Maimonides’s commentary, 536
on origin of life, 527, 723
psychological approach to, 708
science–religion relationship
models and, 760, 761
sin and, 805, 806
technology examples in, 870
temporal sequence debate and,
355–356, 411
“Genesis of the Heavens and the
Earth, The” (Dana), 138
Gene therapy, 356–358
biotechnology and, 67, 68, 360
compassion and, 531–532
eugenics and, 273
germline invention and, 68, 273,
337, 353, 356–357, 361–362,
424, 872
Orthodox Christian view of, 131
playing God and, 682
religious values and, 917
somatic, 356, 361, 365, 419, 424,
530, 872
See also Genetically modified
organisms
Genetic algorithms, 46, 282
Genetically modified foods (GMFs),
360, 361, 364, 365, 403, 682,
867
Genetically modified organisms,
358
agricultural plants and, 67, 360,
361, 364, 365, 403–404
environmental issues of, 532
human applications of, 68, 70,
147, 356–357
patents and, 69, 352–354,
360–361
pharmaceuticals and, 67–68
playing God claims and, 682
xenotransplantation and, 931
See also Gene therapy; Genetic
engineering
Genetic code
artificial life and, 37
biosemiotics and, 63
biotechnology and, 65, 425
DNA discovery and, 65, 360,
362–363
embodiment and, 255–256
hermeneutics and, 393
human genome, 420
life formation and, 522–523
Genetic defect, 358–359
abortion in face of, 1–3
adaptive changes and, 226
compassionate action against,
531–532
DNA mutations and, 225, 530
eugenics and, 273
gene mapping and, 419
gene therapy and, 356, 357, 360,
361, 424, 872
mutation and, 584–585
screening for, 2, 65–66, 67, 357,
361, 365, 370–371, 424, 733,
735
See also Genetic discrimination
Genetic determinism, 359
free choice versus, 227, 337, 338,
359, 812–813
gene myth and, 359, 422–424,
584, 806
human nature theories and, 438,
772–773
identical twins and, 363, 366
imago dei doctrine versus,
712–713
mutation theory and, 584
selfish gene and, 796
sin and, 806
sociobiological arguments for,
359, 363, 364, 761, 796, 810,
812
theological concerns about,
363–364, 422–424
theological rejection of, 531
See also Nature versus nurture
Genetic discrimination, 421–422,
423, 733
Genetic drift, 62, 63, 281, 294–295,
609
Genetic engineering, 359–362,
364–365
biotechnology and, 64, 65,
66–68, 69, 121, 359, 360, 867
Buddhist view of, 79
cloning and, 145–147, 867–868
DNA copying and, 146, 360
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