Wiara na rozdrożach współczesnej bioetyki
Faith on the Crossroads of Contemporary Bioethics

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the analyses in the article is an attempt to present the attitudes in theology towards the challenges of the contemporary bioethics. The “challenges” are a “call” Jesus Christ directs to the contemporary humans. In order to face the challenges of bioethics there is a need for a dialogue between a theologian and the believers, the agnostics and the atheists. There are four characteristic features of this dialogue: the ability to converse with those who think differently, the understanding of and experimenting with different views, honesty and the awareness of the rationality of faith. In today’s post-secular Europe a domination of secular bioethics can be observed. A theologian is thus called to initiate an inter-bioethical dialogue between different cultures, religions and outlooks in defence of human life and biosphere; to commence an authentic quest for the lost wisdom; to build a bridge between secular and Christian bioethics; and fi nally, for the reconciliation of lay and Christian bioethical reflection on the beginnings (biogenesis), continuity (biotherapy) and the ending (biothanatology) of life.

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