Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo

Calum MacKellar is the Director of Research of a medical ethics charity in Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity at Trinity International University, USA. Since 2010 he has also been a Visiting Lecturer and Visiting Professor in Bioethics at St Mary's University in London.

• Part I Historical and Contemporary Christian Perspectives 1 The Moral Status of the Embryo 2 The Image of God 3 Being a Person from a Christian PerspectivePart II The Image of God, Personhood and the Embryo4 Creation and the Embryo 5 Incarnation and the Embryo 6 Substantive Aspects and the Embryo7 Relational Aspects and the Embryo 8 Functional Aspects and the EmbryoConclusion Appendix: The Moral Status of New Kinds of Embryo

Calum MacKellar has produced an erudite and engaging volume exploring how the image of God is reflected in the human embryo. Carefully argued it is essential reading for Christian students and scholars and students with an interest in bioethics.