title: In God's garden. Creation and cloning in Jewish thought.
abstract: The possibility of cloning-human beings challenges Western beliefs about creation and our relationship to God. If we understand God as the Creator and creation as a completed act, cloning will be a transgression. If, however, we understand God as the Power of Creation and creation as a transformative process, we may find a role for human participation, sharing that power as beings created in the image of God.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida Levin College of Law, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012070:Religion and Science; D028725:Theology; D026712:Value of Life