What is it about?
This paper examines the moral and existential status of the preimplantation embryo using Kierkegaard’s idea of becoming, showing that even before implantation, the embryo has dignity and participates in a sacred process of becoming a person before God.
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Why is it important?
The article is important because it offers a fresh, theologically grounded view of human life at its earliest stage. It challenges secular bioethics that define personhood by cognitive ability, and instead affirms the embryo’s dignity as a being-in-becoming before God and the Church.
Perspectives
This article matters deeply because it restores the moral imagination of theology to a debate often dominated by biology and law. In the Indonesian and wider Asian context—where IVF and reproductive technologies are rapidly advancing—it provides a needed bridge between faith, philosophy, and science.
Dr. Denni Boy Saragih
Krida Wacana Christian University
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This page is a summary of: Preimplantation Foetus, IVF, and the Individual's Becoming: A Kierkegaardian Perspective on the Theology of Human Beginning, Pharos Journal of Theology, November 2025, AFRICAJOURNALS,
DOI: 10.46222/pharosjot.106.513.
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