ABSTRACT
New knowledge gained from genetics research is raising a host of challenging ethical questions, and these ethical questions are prompting theological reflection. The dramatic scale of the biomedical challenges throws us biiCk upon first principles, back to questions about the nature of human nature, about our relationship to ourselves and to. our divine source, God. In the popular press the issue is formulated this way: are we playing God? We formulate it this way: how might theological reflection on the frontier of genetic research guide and direct ethical deliberation?!
