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The conference was sponsored by The Henry Luce Foundation, Syracuse University Departments of Religion and Biology, Indigenous Values Initiative, American Indian Law Alliance, American Indian Community House, Good Faith Media (GFM), Neighbors of Onondaga Nation (NOON), Syracuse Peace Council, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Tonatierra, Toward Our Common Public Life, Unitarian Universalist Association. ![Special Issue on Religion and Bioethics - Table of Contents](https://files.jcrt.org/images/boxes_tn.webp) ### [24.1 - summer](/archives/24.1/) Special Issue on Religion and Bioethics - Table of Contents The following issue has resulted from a conference in the fall of 2024. 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