Acceptable genes? : religious traditions and genetically modified foods /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 272 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series on religion and the environment SUNY series on religion and the environment.
Subject:	Genetically modified foods -- Religious aspects. Delivery of Health Care. Attitude. Organism Forms. Religion. Food. Religion and Science. Food, Genetically Modified. Attitude to Health. Organisms, Genetically Modified. Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms. Food and Beverages. Humanities. Organisms. Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation. Psychiatry and Psychology. Technology, Industry, Agriculture. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199241

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Other authors / contributors:	Brunk, Conrad G. (Conrad Grebel), 1945- Coward, Harold G.
ISBN:	9781441632142 144163214X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Modern biotechnology has surpassed science fiction with such feats as putting fish genes in tomatoes to create a more cold-resistant crop. While the environmental and health concerns over such genetically modified foods have been the subject of public debate, religious and spiritual viewpoints have been given short shrift. This book seeks to understand the moral and religious attitudes of groups within pluralistic societies whose traditions and beliefs raise for them unique questions about food and dietary practice." --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Acceptable genes? Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009 9781438428956

Table of Contents:

Genetics and genetically modified organisms / Samuel Abraham
Ethical perspectives on food biotechnology / Paul B. Thompson
Does vegetarianism preclude eating GM foods? / Lyne Létourneau
"When you plow the field, your Torah is with you": genetic modification and GM food in the Jewish tradition(s) / Laurie Zoloth
Some Christian reflections on GM food / Donald Bruce
Genetically modified foods and Muslim ethics / Ebrahim Moosa
A hundred autumns to flourish: Hindu attitudes to genetically modified food / Vasudha Narayanan
The Karma of genetically modified food: a Buddhist perspective / David R. Loy
"So that you may have it with no harm": changing attitudes toward food in Late Imperial China / Hsiung Ping-chen
Born from bears and corn: why indigenous knowledge systems and beliefs matter in the debate on GM foods / Shiri Pasternak, Lorenzo Mazgul, and Nancy J. Turner
Regulatory and innovation implications of religious and ethical sensitivitIes concerning GM food / Conrad G. Brunk, Nola M. Ries, and Leslie C. Rodgers.

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