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Church and Society Council

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SOCIETY, RELIGION AND TECHNOLOGY

Technology has brought many great benefits to society, which we often take for granted, but it can also pose big ethical dilemmas - not just unexpected risks and side-effects, but unintended social consequences and even changes in our moral outlook.

You can find out more about the council's involvement in the following issues on this page:

Human Fertility and Embryology Bill
Information Sheets
Economic and Industrial Issues
Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

Human Fertility and Embryology Bill

Download the document which explains the church's position on the creation of hybrid embryos for research purposes:
Download the statement:

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Information Sheets

Information sheets on a variety of different topics will be added here over the next few weeks:

Today's Church Looking at Tomorrow's Technology

Human Cloning: The Ethical Issues

Ethical Problems with Cloned Embryo Research

Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells: Ethical Dilemmas

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Economic and Industrial Issues

A range of information about our involvement in economic and industrial issues are available to download below in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.

Download the Fair Trade in Food report to the 2007 General Assembly:

Download the Energy for a Changing Climate report to the 2007 General Assembly

Download the paper on energy efficiency issues:

Download the paper on fossil fuels:

Download the paper on nuclear power:

Download the paper on renewable energy:

Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

ECCR works for economic justice, environmental stewardship, and corporate and investor responsibility. ECCR builds awareness of these issues in the Church, links responsible investment and mission and uses international church networks to hear and give voice to the experience of communities impacted by companies' behaviour.
Find out more from: www.eccr.org.uk

In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the Church and Society Council pages

Parliamentary affairs
The Church's work with the UK and Scottish parliaments

Peace, international, Europe and migration
Current world issues and the council's responses and action

Equalities and human rights
Details on the range of current issues and the council's responses and action

Health and social issues
Debating the issues which affect the lives of the people of Scotland and worldwide

Society, religion and technology
The Church's engagement with science and technology, economics and industry, and environmental concerns

Responding to climate change
How the church is reacting to the global challenge of climate change

Education issues
Engagement with issues of religious and moral concern in schools and colleges

Schools
Resources for school assemblies and news for schools and their chaplains

News and events
The latest updates from the council

Resources
A range of information and resources to download

Have your say
Send in comments and feedback to the council's working groups

Summary of issues
A guide to key issues raised in reports to the General Assembly since 1980

Contact us
How to get in touch with the council and our staff

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