In conversation with Harvard Genetics Professor George Church.

Geneticists  are at the verge of taking control of human biological destiny: for some, exercising the power of “gods,” capable of creating artificial DNA, developing artificial organs for heart replacement surgery, cloning animals and humans, to name just a few innovations. Some, like the late Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, have argued that science and religion/philosophy are separate domains—“magisteria,” as Gould called them. Are geneticists move closer to being able to manipulate the very material of human identity? We invite you to a conversation where Dr. Church will talk about the moral and religious challenges that he is encountering.