How to Be a Christian in a Brave New World

228 Pages·2006·2.04 MB·English

by  Joni Eareckson Tada

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Books by Joni Eareckson Tada
All God’s Children: Ministry with Disabled Persons
(with Gene Newman)
Barrier-Free Friendships: Bridging the Distance Between You
and Friends with Disabilities (with Steve Jensen)
Diamonds in the Dust: 366 Sparkling Devotions
The God I Love
Heaven: Your Real Home
Heaven: Devotional Edition
Joni
The Life and Death Dilemma: Suicide, Euthanasia, Suffering, Mercy
More Precious Than Silver: 366 Daily Devotional Readings
A Step Further (with Steven Estes)
When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty
(with Steven Estes)
When Is It Right to Die?
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how to be a christian
in a brave new world
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How to Be a Chris tian in a Brave New World
Copyright © 2006 by Joni Eareckson Tada and Nigel M. de S. Cameron

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tada, Joni Eareckson.
How to be a Christian in a brave new world / Joni Eareckson Tada,
Nigel M. de S. Cameron.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-310-25939-8
ISBN-10: 0-310-25939-8
1. Christian life. 2. Bioethics — Religious aspects — Christianity. 3. Medical ethics —
Religious aspects — Christianity. 4. Christian ethics. I. Cameron, Nigel M. de S. II. Title.
BV4501.3.T32 2006
241'.6429 — dc22
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To George W. Bush,
Forty-third President of the United States,
defender of the dignity of human life;
with deep respect and in appreciation
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CONTENTS
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART ONE:
THE BRAVE NEW WORLD
1. Starting Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
2. The Brave New World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
3. Wonderfully Made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
4. The Better Babies Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
PART TWO:
DESIGNING OUR BABIES
5. Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
6. Baby Cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7. Designer Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
PART THREE:
TREATING PEOPLE LIKE THINGS
8. Human Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
9. The Color of Your Genes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
10. A New Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
11. Faking Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
PART FOUR:
SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
12. What Do We Do Now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
13. Questions P eople Ask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Appendix: Going Deeper — Resources to Live in the Brave New World . . . . . .209
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
About the Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Share Your Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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