The altar in the laboratory: science and the sacred at the Human Genoma Project

Authors

  • GUILHERME JOSÉ DA SILVA E SÁ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v12i12p71-86

Keywords:

Human Genome Project, anthropology of science, religious metaphors

Abstract

Language adopted byscientific media to refer the HumanGenome Project (HGP) and the newgenetics had used terms like “Book of life”,   “Holly Graal of Biology”, and “Language        of God”. These expressions were used to         characterize the importance and the        dimension of this Project (HGP). The use       of religious metaphors is not restrict to      scientific media, but is also seen in political     and scientists speech in the context of the    HGP.   In this paper, I intend to show some  terms cited about the HGP that are useful to think the relationship between scienceand religion, and think about the presenceof metaphors in scientific discourse.

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Published

2004-03-30

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 12 (2004)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

SÁ, G. J. D. S. E. (2004). The altar in the laboratory: science and the sacred at the Human Genoma Project. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 12(12), 71-86. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v12i12p71-86