Ted Peteres

Ted Peters (PhD, University of Chicago) is a public theologian directing traffic at the intersection of science, religion, and ethics. Peters is an emeritus professor at the Graduate Theological Union, where he co-edits the journal, Theology and Sience, on behalf of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, in Berkeley, California, USA. He authored The Evolution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life (Pandora 2008). More recently, he co-edited Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (Scrivener 2021) as well as Astrotheology: Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Cascade 2018). He also co-edited Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics (Lexington 2022). Peters is author of Playing God: Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom (Routledge, 2nd edition 2002) and The Stem Cell Debate (Fortress 2007). Most recently he has authored The Voice of Public Theology (ATF 2023). See his blogsite [https://www.patheos