Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 11 de des. 2003 - 407 pàgines
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.
 

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Christian Community as a Context for Bioethics
1
The Bible and Bioethics Some Problems and a Proposal
32
The Person the Body and the Bible Life in the Flesh according to the Spirit
68
Compassion and Suffering Looking Heavenward
99
Mapping the Human Genome Biblically
145
Abortion
194
ART Ethics and the Bible
253
Judas Jesus and Physician Assisted Suicide
304
Jesus and the Neonates The Death of Infant Doe
345
The Good Samaritan and Scarce Medical Resources
359
Acknowledgments
394
Name Index
397
Subject Index
400
Scripture Index
404
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (2003)

Allen Verhey (1945-2014) was Robert Earl Cushman Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity School.

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