Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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I’ve added a new page in the resources section about Philip Hefner’s concept of human beings as “created co-creators.” I was trying to collate all the related material for a thesis chapter into one place and I hadn’t seen a similar collection online anywhere. So I’ve made an outline of the concept with a couple…
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Catching up on some podcasts today I listened to this one from ABC’s The Spirit of Things. Some good thought provoking material, which intersects with the thesis chapter I’m editing at the moment (created co-creator stuff). See The Spirit of Things – 4 June 2006 – Epiphanies: Lord Robert Winston
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A really interesting article by Alex Mauron that I skimmed today. ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Is the Genome the Secular Equivalent of the Soul? — Mauron 291 (5505): 831 — Science. With the complete human genome sequence now at hand, the notion that our genome is synonymous with our humanness is gaining strength. This…
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Various links that have been collecting in my bookmarks Human Dignity Amendment – Christian Democratic Union – a Christian Democratic party in the US. Would like to see them define the imago Dei in some way and it looks like some idealized human genome becomes sacred. (Hat tip to SubversNZ: Human Dignity Ammendment) George :…
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Covalence, a Lutheran publication reflecting on faith, science and technology recently went online. See Faith, Science, and Technology – Covalence
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The Royal Society of NZ is holding an essay competition for high school students to write about genetics and ethics. See RSNZ: genETHICS. The Genethics Essay competition is a unique and innovative competition that provides secondary school students with an opportunity to discuss ethical issues associated with human genetics research. The competition is open to…
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Most of the science and religion books on my bookshelf are by men. Many of the books I frequently use about religion and technology are by women (see Greenflame: Some many books, so little time). The latter seem to me to be more engaging and interested in the “real world” (as opposed to some theoretical…
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From this morning’s email a Damaris article on cyborgs. See Culture Watch – Downloads and upgrades: The Cyborg Future by Philippa Taylor (The Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy). This is a reprint of an article from the CBPP Newsletter (Issue 7, Winter 2005/6).
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Continuing their gathering together of related material into mini-portals Science and Theology News have a new section on the concept of emergence and emergent systems. See Science & Theology News – Emergence. Emergence theorists are not all of one mind, but they do agree that nature’s complex structures — from proteins to cells to brains…
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Couple of things of interest this week. Firstly, Four Door Films have released the rough cut of their 90 minute documentary file “Building Gods” on Google Video. (See Building Gods Rough Cut – Google Video). Haven’t looked at it beyond the first few minutes but it looks like an interesting survey of perspectives on transhumanism.…