Changing Human Nature: Ecology, Ethics, Genes, and God

As debate over the manipulation of human genes rages in the public sphere, James Peterson offers an informed Christian defense of genetic intervention. In Changing Human Nature he pointedly reminds us that the question we need most to consider is not whether our genes will undergo change but whether we will be conscious of and conscientious about the direction of that change.

Drawing from the biblical tradition, Peterson argues that human beings have a unique capacity and calling to tend and...