In this book, Kris Hiuser argues that if we are called to represent God to creation, and creation to God, then this has considerable bearing on understanding what it means to be human, as well as informing human action towards non-human creatures.

Kris Hiuser

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Historical and Contemporary Christian Perspectives

1. The Moral Status of the Embryo

2. The Image of God

3. Being a Person from a Christian Perspective

Part II: The Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo

4. Creation and the Embryo

5. Incarnation and the Embryo

6. Substantive Aspects and the Embryo

7. Relational Aspects and the Embryo

8. Functional Aspects and the Embryo

Conclusion

Appendix: The Moral Status of New Kinds of Embryos

Glossary 

How does an understanding of the non-human lead us to a greater understanding of the incarnation? Are nonhuman animals morally relevant within Christian theology and ethics? Is there a human ethical responsibility towards nonhuman animals? In Animals, Theology and the Incarnation, Kris Hiuser argues that if we are called to represent both God to creation, and creation to God, then this has considerable bearing on understanding what it means to be human, as well as informing human action towards nonhuman creatures.

Negotiating the place of non-human animals in Christian doctrine is a pressing task for contemporary theologians, with far-reaching implications for urgent moral challenges such as factory farming and mass extinctions as a result of human activity. Hiuser's careful, searching, and scholarly pursuit of this question, in dialogue with the incarnation theologies of four major figures in the Christian tradition - Anselm, Gregory of Nyssa, Maximus the Confessor, and Karl Barth - is a substantial and welcome contribution to this new theological project. -- David Clough

Kris Hiuser received his PhD from the University of Chester and is a Visiting Lecturer at Redeemer University. He has contributed to numerous journals including The Ark, Scottish Journal of Theology and Toronto Journal of Theology. His chapter 'Animals and Universal Redemption: All Dogs Go to Heaven' was published in Alternative Salvations: Engaging the Sacred with the Secular, edited by Hannah Bacon, Wendy Dossett, and Steve Knowles.

This book examines the most important aspects in which the image of God and the related Christian notion of personhood can be used in the context of theological arguments relating to the moral status of the human embryo. The author combines a thorough knowledge of the science of embryology with a broad knowledge of the theological implications.

Why are human embryos so important to many Christians? What does theology say concerning the moral status of these embryos? Answers to these questions can only be obtained by considering the manner in which Christian theology understands the great theme of the image of God. This book examines the most important aspects in which this image, and the related Christian notion of personhood, can be used in the context of theological arguments relating to the moral status of the human embryo. Thoughtful in approach and ecumenical in perspective, the author combines a thorough knowledge of the science of embryology with a broad knowledge of the theological implications.

Calum MacKellar has produced an erudite and engaging volume exploring how the image of God is reflected in the human embryo. Carefully argued it is essential reading for Christian students and scholars and students with an interest in bioethics. -- Agneta Sutton

Calum Mackellar is Director of Research at the Scottish Council on Bioethics. He is a Fellow with The Center for Bioethics &amp; Human Dignity at Trinity International University, USA. Since 2010 he has also been a Visiting Lecturer and Visiting Professor in bioethics at St Mary's University in London.

\- Written by a noted authority on bioethics from both a scientific and theological perspective. - A much-needed reevaluation of a perennial debate within theological ethics through a fresh lens. - An important new resource for students of theology, philosophy and bioethics.

Calum MacKellar has produced an erudite and engaging volume exploring how the image of God is reflected in the human embryo. Carefully argued it is essential reading for Christian students and scholars and students with an interest in bioethics.

It is clearly written, inclusive and well-documented. This is a book which covers much ground.

Part I Historical and Contemporary Christian Perspectives 1 The Moral Status of the Embryo 2 The Image of God 3 Being a Person from a Christian Perspective Part II The Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo 4 Creation and the Embryo 5 Incarnation and the Embryo 6 Substantive Aspects and the Embryo 7 Relational Aspects and the Embryo 8 Functional Aspects and the Embryo Conclusion Appendix: The Moral Status of New Kinds of Embryo

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Animals, Theology and the Incarnation

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In this book, Kris Hiuser argues that if we are called to represent God to creation, and creation to God, then this has considerable bearing on understanding what it means to be human, as well as informing human action towards non-human creatures.

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