Samira Mehta

Associate professor, Department of Women and Gender Studies; director of the program,Jewish Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder

Associate professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies and director of the program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder

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Exploring how science and religion define when human life begins, and the moral, ethical, and practical challenges of defining personhood.

Defining life and personhood: What science, philosophy, and religion have to say

Exploring how science and religion define when human life begins, and the moral, ethical, and practical challenges of defining personhood.

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