Acceptable genes? : religious traditions and genetically modified foods / edited by Conrad G. Brunk and Harold Coward

Includes bibliographical references and index

Genetics and genetically modified organisms / Samuel Abraham -- Ethical perspectives on food biotechnology / Paul B. Thompson -- Does vegetarianism preclude eating GM foods? / Lyne Létourneau -- "When you plow the field, your Torah is with you": genetic modification and GM food in the Jewish tradition(s) / Laurie Zoloth -- Some Christian reflections on GM food / Donald Bruce -- Genetically modified foods and Muslim ethics / Ebrahim Moosa -- A hundred autumns to flourish: Hindu attitudes to genetically modified food / Vasudha Narayanan -- The Karma of genetically modified food: a Buddhist perspective / David R. Loy -- "So that you may have it with no harm": changing attitudes toward food in Late Imperial China / Hsiung Ping-chen -- Born from bears and corn: why indigenous knowledge systems and beliefs matter in the debate on GM foods / Shiri Pasternak, Lorenzo Mazgul, and Nancy J. Turner -- Regulatory and innovation implications of religious and ethical sensitivitIes concerning GM food / Conrad G. Brunk, Nola M. Ries, and Leslie C. Rodgers.