Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine
Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine

Author: Allen Verhey

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2003-12-11

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780802822635

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Author of such major books as Remembering Jesus: Christian Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life, Allen Verhey has become one of today's most trusted Christian voices in contemporary ethics, including the moral challenges that new medical technologies pose to Christian faith and decision-making. With this new book Verhey brings the biblical tradition to bear on contemporary bioethical concerns. Drawing on an unmatched depth of insight in these two realms, Verhey explores how the Bible can illuminate and guide medical ethics. He argues that churches are called to think and speak clearly about bioethical concerns, and he lays out here the scriptural tools for them to do so. After firmly grounding Christian ethical discourse in Scripture, Verhey shows how the Bible can be applied to such pressing questions as suffering, genetic intervention, abortion, reproductive technologies, end-of-life care, physician-assisted suicide, and more. Filled with faith-based wisdom and apt illustrations of the moral dilemmas discussed, this book is a must-read for Christians grappling with the ethical dimensions of medicine today.

On Moral Medicine
On Moral Medicine

Author: M. Therese Lysaught

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2012-07-20

Total Pages: 1185

ISBN-13: 0802866018

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In print for more than two decades, On Moral Medicine remains the definitive anthology for Christian theological reflection on medical ethics. This third edition updates and expands the earlier awardwinning volumes, providing classrooms and individuals alike with one of the finest available resources for ethics-engaged modern medicine.

Ex Auditu - Volume 21
Ex Auditu - Volume 21

Author: Klyne Snodgrass

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2006-03-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1725243474

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Ps 103:3: "Bless the Lord . . . Who heals all your diseases."

Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics
Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-01-25

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 9004445722

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This volume explores key approaches to the method and study of biblical ethics of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament with an interdisciplinary focus.

A Glass Darkly
A Glass Darkly

Author: David Gareth Jones

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9783039119363

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This book is a sequel to the first volume of New International Studies in Applied Ethics and includes essays from some of the same contributors. Like the previous volume, the book explores the interface between medicine and theology. The essays demonstrate the complementarity evident between the two and examine how those coming from different theological traditions are able to provide helpful insights. Points of disagreement, and their crucial role in contributing to an understanding of the complexities of the debate, are acknowledged. Much of the discussion focuses on use of the Bible. The contributors show an awareness of the pastoral necessity of providing access to new medical technologies for those in need. Out of this emerges a positive view of some of the human benefits of modern medicine and the ways in which Christian theology can engage with it constructively. The discussion throughout is related to the wider literature in the field.

Christianity and the Disciplines
Christianity and the Disciplines

Author: Mervyn Davies

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-11-02

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0567143449

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This volume will show how various intellectual disciplines (most found within the modern university) can learn from theology and philosophy in primarily methodological and substantitive terms. It will explore the possible ways in which current presuppositions and practices of the displine might be challenged. It will also indicate the possibilities of both a "Christian Culture" in relation to that discipline or the way in which that discipline might look within a real or theoretical Christian university.

My Body, Their Baby
My Body, Their Baby

Author: Grace Kao

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2023-08-15

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1503635988

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Drawing on her own experience as a surrogate mother, Grace Y. Kao assesses the ethics of surrogacy from a feminist and progressive Christian perspective, concluding that certain kinds of surrogacy arrangements can be morally permissible—and should even be embraced. While the use of assisted reproductive technology has brought joy to countless families, surrogacy remains the most controversial path to parenthood. My Body, Their Baby helps readers sort through objections to this way of bringing children into the world. Candidly reflecting on carrying a baby for her childless friends and informed by the reproductive justice framework developed by women of color activists, Kao highlights the importance of experience in feminist methodology and Christian ethics. She shows what surrogacy is like from the perspective of women becoming pregnant for others, parents who have opted for surrogacy (including queer couples), and the surrogate-born children themselves. Developing a constructive framework of ethical norms and principles to guide the formation of surrogacy relationships, Kao ultimately offers a vision for surrogacy that celebrates the reproductive generosity and solidarity displayed through the sharing of traditionally maternal roles.

The New Testament and Bioethics
The New Testament and Bioethics

Author: R. Dennis Macaleer

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1620322242

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Beauchamp and Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a well-accepted approach to contemporary bioethics. Those principles are based on what Beauchamp and Childress call the common morality. This book employs New Testament theological themes to enhance the meaning of those principles of bioethics. The primary New Testament text for this study is the twin commands from Jesus to love God and love one's neighbor. The three theological themes developed from this study--the image of God, the covenant, and the pursuit of healing--are deeply embedded in the New Testament and in the ministry of Jesus. Three contemporary bioethics principles are used for this dissertation, based on The Belmont Report. They are the principles of respect for persons, justice, and beneficence. In each case, the theological themes are shown to enhance the meaning of these bioethics principles. Each of the three principles, as understood through the three theological themes, is applied to a current bioethics issue to demonstrate the efficacy of this approach. The three current issues addressed are the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment, the distribution of health care in the Untied States, and the use of palliative care.

Remembering Jesus
Remembering Jesus

Author: Allen Verhey

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2005-06-14

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780802831316

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In the wake of the "What Would Jesus Do?" movement, Allen Verhey's Remembering Jesus takes a serious look at what Jesus really did and what he might do in the strange world of contemporary ethics. Verhey asserts that following Jesus requires remembering him, and this entails immersing ourselves in Scripture and Christian community, where the memory of Jesus is found. This book, which promises to be Verhy's magnum opus, explores how Christians can practice medical, sexual, economic, and political ethics with integrity. An ideal text for courses in Christian ethics, Remembering Jesus is also a valuable resource for pastors and general readers in search of readable, biblically based guidance for living in today's complex world.