Genetics and Historical Identity What does Wailoo’s work reveal about the relationship between genetic ancestry and historical identity? Why, according to the text, can genetic information have value while failing to offer a complete account of a person’s identity? How could Wailoo’s chapter inform the strategies public health professionals use to integrate cultural knowledge into health initiatives? Include at least one quotation from Wailoo’s chapter and explain how the quotation supports your analysis.

Race and Biomedical Research How does Risch’s article explain the difference between race as a social idea and race as a useful tool in genetics? Drawing upon their work, discuss at least two challenges involved in using racial categories in biomedical research. Why, according to the text, is it useful to ask people about their race or ethnicity in medical research, even though genetics is more complicated than that? Include at least one quotation from Risch’s article and explain how the quotation supports your analysis. 

Health Inequality What does Unnatural Causes suggest about the relationship between social conditions and health? What, according to the documentary,  is meant by the term “social determinants of health?” How does the documentary illustrate the impact on health outcomes across different neighborhoods in Louisville? Include at least one quotation or specific example from Unnatural Causes and explain how the evidence supports your analysis.

Race as a Social Category How does the American Anthropological Association’s “Statement on Race” challenge the idea that race is a biological category? What, according to the text, are the implications for how we interpret scientific data in public discourse? What, per the statement, is the relationship between science and racial hierarchies? Include at least one quotation from the American Anthropological Association’s “Statement on Race” and explain how the quotation supports your analysis. 

What does “one ousia in three hypostases” express?

What does divine transcendence mean?

What does it mean to use “good” analogically of God and a human person?

Which statement expresses the unity of the Old and New Testaments?

What is subordinationism, and why does Christian theology reject it?

What starting point do Aquinas’s Five Ways share?