October 31, 2005—Theologian Gilbert C. Meilaender, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics and a former Oberlin faulty member, will address the question, "Why Not Embryonic Research?" in a guest lecture Monday, November 7 at Oberlin College.

The talk is free and open to the public and will be held at 4:30 p.m. in West Lecture Hall of the College's Science Center, 119 Woodland St.

Meilaender taught in the department of religion from 1978 to 1996. He currently holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University. He previously held the Board of Directors Chair in Christian Philosophy at Valparaiso. He received a doctorate from Princeton University and a master of divinity degree from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis.

Meilaender has published 11 books including The Social and Ethical Thought of C.S. Lewis, Bioethics: A Primer for Christians, Things That Count: Essays Moral and Theological, Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits, Faith and Faithfulness: Basic Themes in Christian Ethics, and The Theory and The Theory and Practice of Virtue.