Brave New World: The Challenge of Biomedical Issues to the Contemporary Church
| Title of Seminar | Brave New World |
| Subtitle | The Challenge of Biomedical Issues to the Contemporary Church |
| Synopsis | Advances in medical treatment modalities, biotechnological
innovations, and genetic-molecular manipulations have brought about
a set of unique challenging issues not faced by the Church before. A
pastoral-theological approach is needed to examine, reflect and
develop responses to these difficult moral and ethical issues such
as test tube and designer babies, facts and fallacies of stem cell
therapies, cloning, reproductive technologies, abortion,
mercy-killing, allocation of scarce healthcare resources, living
will, gene therapy, prenatal diagnosis, and aesthetic surgery. Christians should be engaging personally with these issues and also help others to do so. A rational engagement is essential to all Christians who are committed to living ethically in these changing times. |
| Speaker’s bio | Dr Alex Tang is a senior consultant paediatrician in the Johor
Specialist Hospital in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. He received his
medical training from the National University of Malaysia,
post-graduate training in Singapore and the United Kingdom and his
theological training from the Malaysia Bible Seminary and the United
States. Alex has published numerous articles on bioethics, written
two books on the Christian response to biomedical ethical issues and
taught courses on biomedical ethics in seminaries in Singapore and
Malaysia. |
| Date and Time | 17 Mar 2012, 1-4pm |
| Location | TCA College |
