Bioethics And The Christian Life

Author : David VanDrunen
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433521836

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Bioethics and the Christian Life by David VanDrunen Pdf

Just about everyone will face a difficult bioethics decision at some point. In this book a theologian, ethicist, and lawyer equips Christians to make such decisions based on biblical truth, wisdom, and virtue. Though a relatively new discipline, bioethics has generated extraordinary interest due to a number of socially pressing issues. Bioethics and the Christian Life places bioethics within the holistic context of the Christian life, both developing a general Christian approach to making bioethics decisions and addressing a number of specific, controversial areas of bioethics. Clear, concise, and well-organized, the book is divided into three sections. The first lays the theological foundation for bioethics decision-making and discusses the importance of wisdom and virtue in working through these issues. The second section addresses beginning-of-life issues, such as abortion, stem-cell research, and infertility treatments. The third section covers end-of-life issues, such as living wills, accepting and refusing medical treatment, and treatment of patients in permanent vegetative states.

Author : C. Ben Mitchell,D. Joy Riley,D. Joy Riley, MD
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433671142

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Christian Bioethics by C. Ben Mitchell,D. Joy Riley,D. Joy Riley, MD Pdf

A biblically informed guidebook for Christians facing difficult health care decisions, from the making of life (infertility, organ donation, cloning) and taking of life (abortion, euthanasia) to the technologically driven faking of life (genetic engineering, etc.).

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310493051

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Why the Church Needs Bioethics by Zondervan, Pdf

In a world where incredible medical technologies are possible … does “can do” mean “should do”? Why the Church Needs Bioethics helps you understand and constructively engage bioethical challenges with the resources of Christian wisdom and ministry. Three rich and true-to-life case studies illustrate the urgency of such bioethical issues as reproductive and genetic technologies, abortion, forgoing treatment, assisted suicide, stem cell research, and human enhancement technologies. Leading Christian voices bring biblical and theological perspective to bear on the incredible medical technologies available today; mobilize useful insights from health care, law, and business; and demonstrate the powerful ways the church can make a difference through counseling, pastoral care, intercultural ministry, preaching, and education. This book equips students, church and lay leaders, and people in health-related fields with the knowledge to make faithful bioethical decisions and to help foster a world where human beings are shown respect as people created in the image of God. Contributors to Why the Church Needs Bioethics include leading Bible and theology scholars, such as D. A. Carson and Kevin Vanhoozer; leaders in the areas of preaching (Greg Scharf) and ethics (Scott Rae); and 15 other experts in the fields of biblical-theological studies, ministry, communication, business, law, healthcare, and bioethics.

Author : Gilbert Meilaender
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780802867704

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Bioethics by Gilbert Meilaender Pdf

Christian vision -- Procreation versus reproduction -- Abortion -- Genetic advance -- Prenatal screening -- Suicide and euthanasia -- Refusing treatment -- Who decides? -- Gifts of the body: organ donation -- Gifts of the body: human experimentation -- Embryos: the smallest of research subjects -- Sickness and health.

Author : Edwin C. Hui
Publisher : Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015055204203

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At the Beginning of Life by Edwin C. Hui Pdf

Edwin C. Hui draws on his training as both a medical doctor and a theologian to show how a Christian understanding of personhood sheds light on contemporary biomedical dilemmas.

Author : Albert Truesdale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0834113287

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A Matter of Life and Death by Albert Truesdale Pdf

Author : Scott B. Rae,Paul M. Cox
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0802845959

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Bioethics by Scott B. Rae,Paul M. Cox Pdf

This new series of books brings thoughtful, biblically informed perspectives to contemporary issues in bioethics. Whether exploring abortion, assisted suicide, genetic engineering, or other controversial issues in bioethics, these volumes provide principled discussion of the ethical implications of today's medical and scientific breakthroughs. Extremely useful to students, scholars, and general readers alike, these volumes are ideal for classroom use -- in nontheological as well as theological settings.This excellent text offers a broad-based introduction to the field of bioethics. Scott Rae and Paul Cox provide an assessment of various secular approaches to bioethics that are particularly influential today, and develop a framework for a Christian approach meant to assist people in addressing the many pressing issues in the field.Though touching on the numerous debated issues in bioethics, the authors are primarily concerned here to give an account of the central theological notions crucialto an informed Christian perspective on bioethics. Their work makes a stimulating and substantial contribution to a Christian bioethic that can effectively engage the pluralistic culture in which health care is practiced today.

Author : Gilbert Meilaender
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467459914

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Bioethics by Gilbert Meilaender Pdf

Amid continuing advances in medical research and treatment, Gilbert Meilaender’s Bioethics has long provided thoughtful guidance on many of society’s most difficult moral problems—including abortion, assisted reproduction, genetic experimentation, euthanasia, and much more. In this fourth edition, Meilaender updates much of the data referenced in the book and responds directly to recent developments, such as the CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing. Christians seeking discernment in this new decade will appreciate Meilaender’s circumspect writing and his ability to address the nuances of each issue while maintaining strong and clearly stated moral convictions.

Author : James F. Drane
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783643910158

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Medicine, Ethics and Religion by James F. Drane Pdf

Medicine, Ethics, Religion addresses three topics that inevitably will be confronted at some level in every human life. Academic understanding of all three fields provides background for entering the field of medicine. Understanding of Bioethics is part of every contemporary student’s higher education. The discipline is presented as an important background understanding of contemporary culture for students. This textbook is required reading for an entry-level course in bioethics or for an introductory philosophy course with a focus on medicine. It may also help readers to understand their own lives, adding e religious dimension to the practice of medicine. The doctor-patient relationship, an analysis of contemporary culture, the impact of technology on human life and the interfaces between medical practice, bioethics, and religion are core themes of this volume.

Author : Jack T Hanford,Harold G Koenig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781135790561

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Bioethics from a Faith Perspective by Jack T Hanford,Harold G Koenig Pdf

Discover the spiritual community's position on bioethics issues! Bioethics from a Faith Perspective: Ethics in Health Care for the Twenty-First Century offers a meaningful, rational, faith-oriented framework for deciding how to deal with important biomedical health care issues. Organ donation, managed care, the Human Genome Project, and medical technology that keeps people alive beyond their “natural” life span are some of the topics it illuminates through case analysis and resolution. Since almost all textbooks in bioethics omit the religious dimension of life (even though the field was inspired and stimulated by religious scholars at Princeton and Yale), this is an indispensable volume. While most people state their moral positions from the background of their religious traditions, many have not had the opportunity to study the relation between their faith perspectives and the difficult issues that arise in the pursuit of health care. This book shows the relevance, significance, and guidance that a faith perspective can offer for dealing with bioethical issues. This unique and thoughtful book: shows you how to distinguish and describe the relation between technical and ethical aspects of health-related issues provides you with a framework of moral principles, theories, values, and faith viewpoints teaches you the defining characteristics of a moral professional-client relationship related to faith helps you to discern when medical ethics and faith commitments are therapeutic and when they are not gives examples describing a moral problem, a faith perspective, and a justified position on that problem Since bioethics has been an amazing story of growth from the 1950s to the present day and is still expanding, there will be changes. Bioethics from a Faith Perspective stimulates that expansion by including the religious dimension. It is the perfect supplement to the existing literature on the subject.

Author : Mark Wesley Foreman
Publisher : College Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Abortion
ISBN : 0899007554

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Christianity & Bioethics by Mark Wesley Foreman Pdf

It's difficult to see a family member suffer, yet is it right to take actions to relieve that suffering which might hasten their death? Is human cloning something we should allow to happen? Should doctors be allowed to assist patients who choose to die rather than continue to live in pain or with a disease? As medical technology improves, the challenges to your ethical and religious convictions will certainly increase. Sooner or later, you will find yourself making medical choices that have faith implications. This book will help you begin the process of determining what you believe God would want you to do in the face of these challenging situations. This is a must read book!

Author : Brent Waters
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441210913

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This Mortal Flesh by Brent Waters Pdf

Although a proper concern for health is compatible with Christian faith, recent and anticipated advances in extending human longevity are often based on philosophical presuppositions and religious values that are adverse to core Christian beliefs and convictions. In this solid text, theologian and ethicist Brent Waters reflects on the formation, practice, and meaning of the Christian moral life in light of selected bioethical issues. Theologically grounding his reflections on the doctrine of the incarnation, Waters considers issues such as biotechnology and physical/cognitive enhancement, reproductive technology, human genetics, embryonic stem cell research, and regenerative medicine. He also examines the "posthuman project," exploring what it means to be human in light of the denial of mortality.

Author : Neil Messer
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334047926

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Respecting Life by Neil Messer Pdf

Bioethical issues are rarely out of view in Western societies. New developments in areas such as human embryology continually raise new ethical questions, while more familiar issues frequently reappear in public debate. These are issues of central concern for Christians and for a wider public, because they raise questions about the value of life, the meaning of suffering and death and humanity’s place in the natural world.

Author : Gilbert Meilaender
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725251304

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Bioethics and the Character of Human Life by Gilbert Meilaender Pdf

In the essays collected here Gilbert Meilaender invites readers to reflect upon some of the bioethical issues that are important for all of us. The essays treat bioethics less as a discipline confined to a few experts than as a deeply humanistic set of concerns that inevitably draws us into religious and metaphysical issues. From reflections on his experience as a member of the President's Council on Bioethics to the way in which Christian trinitarian teaching has shaped what it means to be a person, from life's beginning to its ending, these essays offer readers a chance to think about matters of fundamental human significance.

Author : John Frederic Kilner,Nigel M. de S. Cameron,David L. Schiedermayer
Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN : IND:30000048076552

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Bioethics and the Future of Medicine by John Frederic Kilner,Nigel M. de S. Cameron,David L. Schiedermayer Pdf

"The extensive attention devoted to abortion has led Christians for too long to overlook much of the exploding bioethics agenda. Moreover, to focus only on 'issues' is to fail to address the profound changes taking place in the very nature of the medical profession. This book signals the commitment of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity to help expand the church's bioethical vision and to foster a more substantial Christian contribution to the public debate."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved