Protecting God from science and technology: How religious criticisms of biotechnologies backfire

Zygon

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 317-344

  Hopkins, Patrick D ^a  

^a MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babel; Biotechnology; Cloning; Genetic engineering; God; God of the gaps; Hubris; Prometheus; Religion and science; Religion and technology; Religious criticism; Theology

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744383728     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00431     Document Type: Article

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