Kenneth H. Sauer Luther Symposium
Speaker: Gilbert Meilaender, Author and Theologian
Senior Research Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University and the Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
Title: "Posthuman Or Perfected Human? Biotech Enhancement And The History Of Redemption"
Friday, October 4, 2019
Event times:
- 3:30 p.m., Q&A, Weaver Chapel
- 7:30 p.m. Lecture, Bayley Auditorium
Widely known for his work in the area of bioethics, Gilbert Meilaender is a senior research professor of theology at Valparaiso University and the Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
The author of numerous books and articles, Meilaender has focused his scholarly work in the field of Christian ethics, writing on subjects such as biotechnology, aging, vocation, the ethic of virtue, and friendship. His books include Neither Beast Nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person; Should We Live Forever?: The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging; Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics; and his widely regarded Bioethics: A Primer for Christians.
Appointed by former President George W. Bush, Meilaender served on the President’s Council on Bioethics from 2002-2009. He is currently a fellow of the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institution.
He is co-editor with William Werpehowski of The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics, as well as an associate editor of Religious Studies Review and the Journal of Religious Ethics, and has served on the board of directors of the Society of Christian Ethics.
Prior to his current position at Valparaiso, he held the Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics there and taught at Oberlin College and the University of Virginia. He earned a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary and a doctorate from Princeton University.