The Challenge of Christian Deliberation in a Libertarian Context: The Case of the ELCA’s Social Statement on Genetics

In 2005, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly authorized the formation of a task force to prepare a social statement on genetics and faith. Although the Churchwide Assembly voted to adopt the social statement in August of 2011 by a wide margin, there had been an ea...

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Authors: Glenna, Leland L. (Author) ; Stofferahn, Curtis W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Worldviews
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 230-260
Further subjects:B theology of science and technology
B sociology of science and technology
B sociology of religion
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