|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
|
Discerning God's Work In The World: Tips From The Times For PreachersMonday, June 20, 2005Buddhist and Christian views of life after conceptionThe July/August issue of Foreign Policy includes "The Great Stem Cell Race," by Robert L. Paarlberg, a political scientist teaching at Wellesley. Here is an excerpt (emphasis added): Asian scientists [do not] face as much cultural resistance to their work as their colleagues in the West. In Confucian and Buddhist societies, there are fewer religious inhibitions to the destruction of microscopic embryos. Throughout Roman Catholic Europe and in much of Christian America, religious authorities teach that a fertilized egg is already a person. In Confucian tradition, the defining moment of life is birth, not conception, and Buddhists view life not as beginning with conception but as a cycle of reincarnations. The South Korean scientist who led the 2004 cloning team said at the time: "Cloning is a different way of thinking about the recycling of life. It's a Buddhist way of thinking."
Permanent Link for this Post: http://www.generousorthodoxy.org/tips-from-the-times/2005/06/buddhist-and-christian-views-of-life.htm |
|
|
0 Comments:
Post a Comment