The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
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The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) is a Christian bioethics research center at Trinity International University that explores the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity.
New INTERSECTIONS "Emmanuel: The Word Made Flesh" by Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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Emmanuel: The Word Made Flesh | Intersections | The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Like baby’s breath breathing life into our dead nostrils, the gospel was authored by this Son in skin, and although he was placed in a small shell of time, time itself could not hold him captive, for ...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New INTERSECTIONS "Emmanuel: The Word Made Flesh" by Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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On this #GivingTuesday, stand with CBHD in affirming a distinctly Christian conception of bioethics.
On this #GivingTuesday, stand with CBHD in affirming a distinctly Christian conception of bioethics.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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On this #GivingTuesday, stand with CBHD in affirming a distinctly Christian conception of bioethics.
On this #GivingTuesday, stand with CBHD in affirming a distinctly Christian conception of bioethics.
The Bioethics Monthly for November 2025:
+ INTERSECTIONS: Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
+ CBHD Membership
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+ INTERSECTIONS: Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
+ CBHD Membership
+++ MORE +++
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December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Bioethics Monthly for November 2025:
+ INTERSECTIONS: Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
+ CBHD Membership
+++ MORE +++
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+ INTERSECTIONS: Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
+ CBHD Membership
+++ MORE +++
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Our Executive Director and several friends of CBHD were interviewed about recent state-level moves to legalize assisted suicide. From "The World and Everything in It." The report begins at time stamp 18:11.
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11.25.25 Peace terms for Ukraine, states consider assisted suicide, and the first Bible translation in the New World — The World and Everything In It
Prospects for peace in Ukraine, more states consider assisted suicide, and the first Bible translated in America. Plus, Janie B. Cheaney on what we leave behind, a cow’s woolly hideout, and the Tuesda...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our Executive Director and several friends of CBHD were interviewed about recent state-level moves to legalize assisted suicide. From "The World and Everything in It." The report begins at time stamp 18:11.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
The BIOETHICS WEEKLY:
+ NEW INTERSECTIONS – Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
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+ Empathetic, Available, Cheap: When A.I. Offers What Doctors Don’t
+ Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
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+ NEW INTERSECTIONS – Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
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+ Empathetic, Available, Cheap: When A.I. Offers What Doctors Don’t
+ Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
+++MORE+++
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The BIOETHICS WEEKLY:
+ NEW INTERSECTIONS – Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
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+ Empathetic, Available, Cheap: When A.I. Offers What Doctors Don’t
+ Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
+++MORE+++
+ NEW INTERSECTIONS – Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body
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+ Empathetic, Available, Cheap: When A.I. Offers What Doctors Don’t
+ Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
+++MORE+++
An exclusive, members-only email has just gone out. Become a CBHD member today and get in on all the benefits! www.cbhd.org/membership-s...
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
An exclusive, members-only email has just gone out. Become a CBHD member today and get in on all the benefits! www.cbhd.org/membership-s...
NEW INTERSECTIONS – "Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body," by Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW INTERSECTIONS – "Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body," by Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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The Bioethics Weekly:
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+ They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
+ Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
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+ They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
+ Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Bioethics Weekly:
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+ They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
+ Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
+++ MORE +++
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+ They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
+ Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
+++ MORE +++
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: An Opportunity for CBHD: Please Pray
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+ Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?
+ She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
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+ Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?
+ She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: An Opportunity for CBHD: Please Pray
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+ Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?
+ She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
+++ MORE +++
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+ Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?
+ She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.
+++ MORE +++
The BIOETHICS MONTHLY email has just gone out, recapping our work in October. Read all about it: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The BIOETHICS MONTHLY email has just gone out, recapping our work in October. Read all about it: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
From the latest issue of Dignitas – Searching for Sleep: Sleep Hygiene as a Biomedical and Theological Problem by Todd T. W. Daly, PhD
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offer a theological understanding of sleep and sleeplessness, framing these and our practices surrounding them in God’s divine economy
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offer a theological understanding of sleep and sleeplessness, framing these and our practices surrounding them in God’s divine economy
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From the latest issue of Dignitas – Searching for Sleep: Sleep Hygiene as a Biomedical and Theological Problem by Todd T. W. Daly, PhD
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offer a theological understanding of sleep and sleeplessness, framing these and our practices surrounding them in God’s divine economy
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
offer a theological understanding of sleep and sleeplessness, framing these and our practices surrounding them in God’s divine economy
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY:
Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
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+Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos
+Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
+Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months
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Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
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+Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos
+Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
+Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months
+++MORE+++
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY:
Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
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+Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos
+Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
+Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months
+++MORE+++
Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2
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+Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos
+Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
+Pig Kidney Removed From Transplant Patient After Nine Months
+++MORE+++
This INTERSECTIONS article, "God’s Sovereignty in Barrenness" (www.cbhd.org/intersection...), is mentioned in a recent Christianity Today article, "There’s No Shame in Talking About Pregnancy Loss" (www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/ther...)
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This INTERSECTIONS article, "God’s Sovereignty in Barrenness" (www.cbhd.org/intersection...), is mentioned in a recent Christianity Today article, "There’s No Shame in Talking About Pregnancy Loss" (www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/ther...)
NOW AVAILABLE—Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2025)
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Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering
The 35th Anniversary of Germany’s Embryo Protection Act
Searching for Sleep
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Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering
The 35th Anniversary of Germany’s Embryo Protection Act
Searching for Sleep
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
NOW AVAILABLE—Dignitas vol. 32, no. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2025)
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Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering
The 35th Anniversary of Germany’s Embryo Protection Act
Searching for Sleep
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Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering
The 35th Anniversary of Germany’s Embryo Protection Act
Searching for Sleep
The BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die
+ CBHD Membership
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+ The Race to Make the Perfect Baby Is Creating an Ethical Mess
+ ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory
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+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die
+ CBHD Membership
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+ The Race to Make the Perfect Baby Is Creating an Ethical Mess
+ ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory
+++MORE+++
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die
+ CBHD Membership
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+ The Race to Make the Perfect Baby Is Creating an Ethical Mess
+ ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory
+++MORE+++
+ NEW PODCAST: Don’t Die
+ CBHD Membership
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+ The Race to Make the Perfect Baby Is Creating an Ethical Mess
+ ‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory
+++MORE+++
Our latest MEMBERS ONLY EMAIL was sent this week, full of exclusive content, including an invitation to a members-only discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s new film adaptation of Frankenstein.
Not a member, sign up today: $7/mo, $75/yr (students $5/mo, $40/yr)
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October 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Our latest MEMBERS ONLY EMAIL was sent this week, full of exclusive content, including an invitation to a members-only discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s new film adaptation of Frankenstein.
Not a member, sign up today: $7/mo, $75/yr (students $5/mo, $40/yr)
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Not a member, sign up today: $7/mo, $75/yr (students $5/mo, $40/yr)
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In this episode of The Bioethics podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew for a discussion of the Netflix documentary film Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In this episode of The Bioethics podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew for a discussion of the Netflix documentary film Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.
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This BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ Resources on Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
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+ How dangerous are LLMs really?
+ He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
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+ A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ Resources on Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
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+ How dangerous are LLMs really?
+ He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
+++MORE+++
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This BIOETHICS Weekly:
+ A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ Resources on Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
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+ How dangerous are LLMs really?
+ He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
+++MORE+++
+ A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
+ Resources on Reproductive Technologies, IVF, and Embryos
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+ How dangerous are LLMs really?
+ He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
+++MORE+++
We have a host of resources on IVF?
“Children: Blessing or Project?
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Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley's Brave New World”
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Further Reading
https://www.cbhd.org/issues/reproductive-ethics
“Children: Blessing or Project?
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Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley's Brave New World”
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Further Reading
https://www.cbhd.org/issues/reproductive-ethics
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We have a host of resources on IVF?
“Children: Blessing or Project?
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley's Brave New World”
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
Further Reading
https://www.cbhd.org/issues/reproductive-ethics
“Children: Blessing or Project?
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Baby-Making: The Fractured Fulfillment of Huxley's Brave New World”
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
Further Reading
https://www.cbhd.org/issues/reproductive-ethics
A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
by Denyse O'Leary
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by Denyse O'Leary
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul
by Denyse O'Leary
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by Denyse O'Leary
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In the Bioethics Weekly:
+ Our Most Read Content
+ + Celebrities and Surrogacy
+ + AI Claims Its First Casualty
+ + Abortion and Scripture
+ + Death Pods
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+ The AI Genetics Revolution Is Coming
+ How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
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+ Our Most Read Content
+ + Celebrities and Surrogacy
+ + AI Claims Its First Casualty
+ + Abortion and Scripture
+ + Death Pods
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+ The AI Genetics Revolution Is Coming
+ How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
+++MORE+++
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In the Bioethics Weekly:
+ Our Most Read Content
+ + Celebrities and Surrogacy
+ + AI Claims Its First Casualty
+ + Abortion and Scripture
+ + Death Pods
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+ The AI Genetics Revolution Is Coming
+ How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
+++MORE+++
+ Our Most Read Content
+ + Celebrities and Surrogacy
+ + AI Claims Its First Casualty
+ + Abortion and Scripture
+ + Death Pods
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+ The AI Genetics Revolution Is Coming
+ How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
+++MORE+++
CURIOUS ABOUT OUR MOST-READ CONTENT? Trending articles include:
AI Claims Its First Casualty
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Abortion and Scripture, Part 1: A Whole-Life Pro-Life Stance in Biblical Law
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Celebrities and Surrogacy
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AI Claims Its First Casualty
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Abortion and Scripture, Part 1: A Whole-Life Pro-Life Stance in Biblical Law
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Celebrities and Surrogacy
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October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
CURIOUS ABOUT OUR MOST-READ CONTENT? Trending articles include:
AI Claims Its First Casualty
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Abortion and Scripture, Part 1: A Whole-Life Pro-Life Stance in Biblical Law
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Celebrities and Surrogacy
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AI Claims Its First Casualty
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Abortion and Scripture, Part 1: A Whole-Life Pro-Life Stance in Biblical Law
www.cbhd.org/intersection...
Celebrities and Surrogacy
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We’ve just finished our latest Cohort, The Ethics of Life & Death. In case you weren’t able to participate, here is a small sampling of the resources we shared with the group:
Hans Madueme, “Thinking Theologically About Bioethics,” Dignitas 18, no. 3 (2011)
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Hans Madueme, “Thinking Theologically About Bioethics,” Dignitas 18, no. 3 (2011)
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October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We’ve just finished our latest Cohort, The Ethics of Life & Death. In case you weren’t able to participate, here is a small sampling of the resources we shared with the group:
Hans Madueme, “Thinking Theologically About Bioethics,” Dignitas 18, no. 3 (2011)
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
Hans Madueme, “Thinking Theologically About Bioethics,” Dignitas 18, no. 3 (2011)
www.cbhd.org/dignitas-art...
In the BIOETHICS MONTHLY:
+ INTERSECTIONS Revisited: Christian Ministry in a Digital Age
+ PODCAST: Walking with Those Who Weep
+ VIDEO COURSE: A Christian Response to Developments in AI
+++MORE+++
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+ INTERSECTIONS Revisited: Christian Ministry in a Digital Age
+ PODCAST: Walking with Those Who Weep
+ VIDEO COURSE: A Christian Response to Developments in AI
+++MORE+++
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October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In the BIOETHICS MONTHLY:
+ INTERSECTIONS Revisited: Christian Ministry in a Digital Age
+ PODCAST: Walking with Those Who Weep
+ VIDEO COURSE: A Christian Response to Developments in AI
+++MORE+++
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+ INTERSECTIONS Revisited: Christian Ministry in a Digital Age
+ PODCAST: Walking with Those Who Weep
+ VIDEO COURSE: A Christian Response to Developments in AI
+++MORE+++
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