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Religious perspectives regarding the ethical issues associated with clinical xenotransplantation

Sunday September 22, 2024 | 13:30 to 16:00
Room: Hamidiye
Track: N/A

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Description

This session provides an update on what is known currently about religious attitudes globally toward xenotransplantation. Recent empirical studies will be discussed as well as viewpoints from the Catholic Church, Protestantism in the United States, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Sunni and Shia Islam, and Judaism. The session will discuss any barriers to acceptance of xenotransplantation in the respective religious traditions and how these may be overcome.

Presentations

Emanuele Cozzi, Italy
Introduction

Daniel J. Hurst, United States
Religious Viewpoints toward Xenotransplantation in the United States: Results of a Nationwide Survey

Bishop Marty Stebbins, United States
Episcopalianism and Xenotransplantation (Pre-Recorded Presentation)

Don Renzo Pegoraro, Italy
Roman Catholicism and Xenotransplantation

Syed Shabih Haider Zaidi, United Kingdom
Shia Islam and Xenotransplantation

Joris Gielen, United States
Hinduism and Xenotransplantation

Komal Kashyap, India
Hinduism and Xenotransplantation

Samuel Brown, United States
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Xenotransplantation

Terri Laws, United States
African American Religious Studies and Xenotransplantation

John Loike, United States
Judaism and Xenotransplantation (Pre-Recorded Presentation)

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