Dr. Petru Cernat, Identitatea embrionului uman. O perspectivă teologică și bioetică [The Identity of Human Embryo. A Theological and Bioethical Perspective], Doxologia Publishing House, Iași, 2022, 401 p.

Abstract

This volume represents the publication of the author’s doctoral thesis, defended in 2021 at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, and deals with the identity of the human embryo from the perspective of Orthodox Moral Theology and bioethics. In his introduction (p. 17-38), Petru Cernat states that the work is based on “the desire to decipher a framework for dialogue between theology, philosophy and the world of sciences regarding the identity card of the human embryo” (p. 19). The author also sets out the hypothesis on which his research is based, outlines the aim of his research and details the five objectives he is pursuing in this endeavor. As we can see from the presentation of the state of the research, Petru Cernat’s work aims to take forward the already existing debates on the identity of the embryo and to offer a theological response to this subject of capital importance for Christian anthropology and bioethical reflection.