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| PUC Guest Lecturer Debates Genetic
Enhancement
By Luke Molitor
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 Pacific
Union College welcomes author Dr. Karen Lebacqz as she presents,
"Genetic Enhancement: Christian Ethics in a Cyborg Age."
Lebacqz will present her lecture as part of PUC's Longo Lecture
Series on Thursday, February 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the PUC church.
Admission is free.
Lebacqz is the Robert Gordon Sproul Professor of Theological Ethics
at the Pacific School of Religion and Graduate Theological Union.
She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1974 and served
on the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects
of Biomedical & Behavioral Research. She has also served as
the president of the Society of Christian Ethics and as a chair
of the board of the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith
and Ethics.
Lebacqz has published nine books including The Human Embryonic Stem
Cell Debate (2001), Ethics and Spiritual Care (2000), and Sexuality:
A Reader (1999). During her career, Lebacqz has been the recipient
of several awards and grants, including the GTU Newhall award for
development of practicum in bioethics, the Lilly Endowment grant
for work in professional ethics, and the National Endowment for
the Humanities grant.
Lawrence D. Longo, M.D., established the Longo Lecture series in
1998 in honor of his parents, Frank and Florentine Longo. The lectureship
includes topics related to religion, society and learning. The intended
goal of the lecture series is to increase the knowledge of ideas
and matters of the mind in the Christian experience.
For additional information call 707-965-6303.
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