The Body Of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, And The Church
The Body Of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, And The Church Books
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An vital new theological critique of contemporary bioethics
In The Body of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, and the Church, Joel Shuman presents an vital new theological perspective on contemporary bioethics, weaving together private experience, and an exploration of a Christian theological alternative.
The author first draws the reader into a consideration of the current state of bioethics by relating the tale of his grandfather, a hard-working family man who died a solitary death in the unfamiliar and sterile world of a sickbay. Troubled by the way his grandfather died, Shuman explores how modern medicine has distanced itself from dealing with people as living beings beyond their immediate physicality. He examines how various approaches to bioethics over the past twenty years have tried to remedy this problem and how each of these ultimately has fallen small. From this top, Shuman skillfully moves to a discussion of the centrality of the body to Christianity. Shuman proposes a new kind of bioethics for Christians, where care for the body of Christ becomes the develop of how we should care for and receive care from one another.
This fresh and plotting-provoking book is sure to be of interest to ethicists, medical professionals, and everyone who is troubled by places where science and religion intersect and seem to conflict.
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