Professor Neil MesserProfessor Neil Messer PhD

Professor of Theological Bioethics
Baylor University

Waco, Texas, United States

Biography

Biographical information is not available at present.

Biography

Neil Messer completed his PhD in molecular biology in Cambridge before a call to ordained ministry in the United Reformed Church led him to study theology in Cambridge and at King's College London. He has served as a church minister and held positions at Mansfield College, Oxford, the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, the University of Wales, Lampeter, and the University of Winchester, before moving to Baylor University in 2023. He has served on various external bodies, including the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Science in Culture Theme Advisory Group, and is currently President of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics. He has done a wide range of theological and ethical work for national and international church bodies including the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe.

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Religion, Philosophy & History Interests

Christianity-Protestantism, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Theology

Science & Technology Interests

Biology, Biotechnology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins, Medicine & Health, Neuroscience

Publications

Science In Theology: Encounters between Science and the Christian Tradition

Bloomsbury T & T Clark
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/science-in-theology-9780567689825/

Theological Neuroethics: Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain

Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2017
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/theological-neuroethics-9780567671400/

"Before I Formed You in the Womb...": A Guide to the Ethics of Reproductive Medicine from the Council of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (edited volume)

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe 2017
Co-authors: Expert Group on Ethics, Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
http://cpce-repro-ethics.eu/

Flourishing: Health, Disease and Bioethics in Theological Perspective

Eerdmans 2013
https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/Default.aspx?bookid=6899

The Bible: Culture, Community and Society (edited volume)

Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2013
Co-authors: Angus Paddison
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-bible-culture-community-society-9780

Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics

SCM Press 2011
https://chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334043331/respecting-life

Selfish Genes and Christian Ethics: Theological and Ethical Reflections on Evolutionary Biology

SCM Press 2007
https://chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334029960/selfish-genes-and

Study Guide to Christian Ethics

SCM Press 2006
https://chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334029953/christian-ethics