Generations, Genesis, and Genetically Engineered Plants: Fall and Salvation Narratives that Question The Goodness of Creation

dc.creator	Roskos, Nicole
dc.date	2000-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-21T19:53:20Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-21T19:53:20Z
dc.date.issued	2012-08-21
dc.identifier	http://digilib.bu.edu/journals/ojs/index.php/jfse/article/view/92
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3986
dc.description	As salvation and fall narratives predominate the arenas of both theology and biotechnology, the author presents here an exploration of the ethical and ecological implications of such narratives as they aim to moderate the relationship of human beings to God, Earth, and each other. There is real evidence for concern over the ecological threats created by the genetic engineering of plants. The “feed the world\" biotech salvation narrative might not save humankind from starvation, as it glosses over its own form of idolatry, namely, the worship of the market God. What sort of goodness can be found in or made of \"creation,\" one might ask, while pondering the problems and potentials arising out of two competing models for ethics, that of Prometheus and that of Gaia.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Boston Theological Institute
dc.relation	http://digilib.bu.edu/journals/ojs/index.php/jfse/article/view/92/92
dc.source	Journal of Faith and Science Exchange; Journal of Faith and Science Exchange, Vol. 4
dc.title	Generations, Genesis, and Genetically Engineered Plants: Fall and Salvation Narratives that Question The Goodness of Creation
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion