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David Byers

David Byers

David M. Byers (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1973) has served the Catholic Church in the areas of missions, evangelization, religion and science, and ministry with handicapped people for over twenty years.  He was at the Research Center of the Glenmary Home Missioners from 1973-78, before moving to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) in Washington, D.C.

A Catholic Perspective on Cloning and Stem Cell Research

With respect to science and religion, Dr. Byers serves as Executive Director of the bishops* Committee on Science and Human Values, which conducts regular dialogues with members of the U.S. scientific community. The committee has produced a series of popular-level pamphlets, including Science and the Catholic Church. Dr. Byers is a member of the Executive Committee of the Advisory Committee to the Program of Dialogue of Science, Ethics and Religion of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  Dr. Byers’ Religion, Science, and the Search for Wisdom appeared in 1987. He has also contributed many book chapters and articles on religion/science dialogue or topics in religion and science. Recent publications include Religion and Science: The Emerging Dialogue, America, April 1996; “An Absence of Love” in Human Cloning: Religious Responses (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1997); and “All on the Same Side: Reflections on Dialogue between Science and Religion” in Perspectives on Genetic Patenting: Religion, Science and Industry in Dialogue (AAAS, 1999). A revised version of the last-named article will appear in an upcoming issue of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.

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AAAS Report on Stem-Cells

AstroTheology: Religious Reflections on Extraterrestrial Life Forms

Agency: Human, Robotic and Divine
Becoming Human: Brain, Mind, Emergence
Big Bang Cosmology and Theology (GHC)
Cosmic Questions Interviews

Cosmos and Creator
Creativity, Spirituality and Computing Technologies
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Darwin: A Friend to Religion?
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Divine Action (GHC)
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E. Coli at the No Free Lunchroom
Engaging Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence: An Adventure in Astro-Ethics
Evangelical Atheism: a response to Richard Dawkins
Ecology and Christian Theology
Evolution: What Should We Teach Our Children in Our Schools?
Evolution and Providence
Evolution and Creation Survey
Evolution and Theology (GHC)
Evolution, Creation, and Semiotics

The Expelled Controversy
Faith and Reason: An Introduction
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Francisco Ayala on Evolution

From Christian Passions to Scientific Emotions
Genetic Engineering and Food

Genetics and Ethics
Genetic Technologies - the Radical Revision of Human Existence and the Natural World

Genomics, Nanotechnology and Robotics
Getting Mind out of Meat
God and Creation: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Big Bang Cosmology
God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion
God the Spirit - and Natural Science
Historical Examples of the Science and Religion Debate (GHC)
History of Creationism
Intelligent Design Coming Clean

Issues for the Millennium: Cloning and Genetic Technologies
Jean Vanier of L'Arche
Nano-Technology and Nano-ethics
Natural Science and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography
Neuroscience and the Soul
Outlines of the Science and Religion Debate (GHC)

Perspectives on Evolution

Physics and Theology
Quantum Mechanics and Theology (GHC)
Questions that Shape Our Future
Reductionism (GHC)
Reintroducing Teleology Into Science
Science and Suffering

Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (CTNS/Vatican Series)

Space Exploration and Positive Stewardship

Stem-Cell Debate: Ethical Questions
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Stem-Cell Questions
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