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The Ethics of Nature explores humanity’s treatment of the natural world from a Christian perspective. The book presents a range of ethical debates arising from our relationship with nature, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning. It sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions, and draws out broader concerns for social justice. Complex scientific issues are explained in clear and intelligible language. Throughout the book, the author draws on primary sources from Thomas Aquinas, and develops her own distinctive ethical approach. This demonstrates that a virtue ethic centered on wisdom provides the most appropriate way to approach the ethics of nature. She has held academic posts in both plant science and theology, giving her an ideal vantage point from which to write.

Book of Distinction: 2005
Publication Date: January 2004
ISBN: 9780631229384 (0631229388), $31.95, Paperback
Illustrations: no
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers

Author Info

Celia Deane-Drummond graduated with an M.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a doctorate in plant physiology at Reading and Letcombe Research Station (Oxford University). She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Vancouver, Canada and the biophysics group at Cambridge University and as a lecturer at Durham University. She then began to focus on theology, graduating with a Ph.D. in Moltmann's theology at Manchester University. After working at the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture in Manchester, she obtained a PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University and began teaching at Chester College in 1994. Her scientific and theological experiences have served her well in research activity. Celia has published over thirty articles in science journals during her scientific career and has continued to be active in research, particularly in relating science to theology. Her first major book was A Handbook in Theology and Ecology (SCM, 1996), though since then she has published a number of other books, the most recent being Creation through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology (T & T Clark, 2000). She was recently awarded a chair in Theology and the Biological Sciences at Chester College.

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	Ethics of Nature, The New Dimensions to Religious Ethics Deane-Drummond, Celia List Price: $31.95 Available at the Publisher's website Book Information / Details Author Info Editorial Reviews Press Release The Ethics of Nature explores humanity’s treatment of the natural world from a Christian perspective. The book presents a range of ethical debates arising from our relationship with nature, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning. It sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions, and draws out broader concerns for social justice. Complex scientific issues are explained in clear and intelligible language. Throughout the book, the author draws on primary sources from Thomas Aquinas, and develops her own distinctive ethical approach. This demonstrates that a virtue ethic centered on wisdom provides the most appropriate way to approach the ethics of nature. She has held academic posts in both plant science and theology, giving her an ideal vantage point from which to write. Book of Distinction: 2005 Publication Date: January 2004 ISBN: 9780631229384 (0631229388), $31.95, Paperback Illustrations: no Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Author Info Celia Deane-Drummond graduated with an M.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a doctorate in plant physiology at Reading and Letcombe Research Station (Oxford University). She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Vancouver, Canada and the biophysics group at Cambridge University and as a lecturer at Durham University. She then began to focus on theology, graduating with a Ph.D. in Moltmann's theology at Manchester University. After working at the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture in Manchester, she obtained a PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University and began teaching at Chester College in 1994. Her scientific and theological experiences have served her well in research activity. Celia has published over thirty articles in science journals during her scientific career and has continued to be active in research, particularly in relating science to theology. Her first major book was A Handbook in Theology and Ecology (SCM, 1996), though since then she has published a number of other books, the most recent being Creation through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology (T & T Clark, 2000). She was recently awarded a chair in Theology and the Biological Sciences at Chester College. Editorial Reviews Blackwell Publishing Press Release no press releases for this title
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