Millennial Dreams and Moral Dilemmas

Technological developments on many fronts have created in our society some extremely difficult moral predicaments. Previous generations have not had to face the dilemmas posed by for example the availability of safe abortions sperm banks and prostoglandins. They have not had to come to terms with an unchecked exploitation of natural resources heralding imminent ecological crisis or worst of all with the recognition that only in this current generation have people the capacity to destroy themselves and their environment. This book seeks to show how and why Seventh-day Adventism has addressed these moral issues and that the ethical questions arising from these issues are especially relevant to the Adventist Church and its development. Dr Pearson looks specifically at the moral decisions Adventists have made in the area of human sexuality on such issues as contraception abortion the role and status of women divorce and homosexuality from the beginnings of the movement to 1985.