{"id":7595,"date":"2017-10-16T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:24:40","slug":"the-status-of-the-human-embryo-in-various-religions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7595","title":{"rendered":"The status of the human embryo in various religions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Neaves<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/development.jpg\" alt=\"Development\" class=\"wp-image-11209\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Author Summary<\/strong><br>Research into human development involves the use of human embryos and their derivative cells and tissues. How religions view the human embryo depends on beliefs about ensoulment and the inception of personhood, and science can neither prove nor refute the teaching of those religions that consider the zygote to be a human person with an immortal soul. This Spotlight article discusses some of the dominant themes that have emerged with regard to how different religions view the human embryo, with a focus on the Christian faith as well as Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Islamic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Neaves W. The status of the human embryo in various religions. Development 2017 144: 2541-2543; <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.biologists.org\/content\/144\/14\/2541.article-info\">doi:&nbsp;10.1242\/dev.151886<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Neaves Author SummaryResearch into human development involves the use of human embryos and their derivative cells and tissues. How religions view the human embryo depends on beliefs about ensoulment and the inception of personhood, and science can neither prove nor refute the teaching of those religions that consider the zygote to be a human &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The status of the human embryo in various religions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,552],"tags":[348],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal-article","category-religion","tag-william-neaves"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>The status of the human embryo in various religions - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How religions view the human embryo depends on beliefs about ensoulment and the inception of personhood. 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