Glass Darkly : Medicine and Theology in Further Dialogue.
Title:
Glass Darkly : Medicine and Theology in Further Dialogue.
Author:
Jones, D. Gareth.
ISBN:
9783035300314
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Series:
New International Studies in Applied Ethics ; v.2
New International Studies in Applied Ethics
Contents:
Contents -- R. John Elford: Introduction 1 -- Part One: The Problem and the Resources 7 -- D. Gareth Jones: The Biomedical Technologies: Prospects and Challenges 9 -- R. John Elford: Aspects of Theological Ethics 33 -- Part two: Roman Catholic Responses 59 -- Celia Deane-Drummond: Bodies in Glass: A Virtue Approach to Ethical Quandaries in a Cyborg Age through a Recovery of Practical Wisdom 61 -- Gerard Mannion: Collective Discernment in Medicine and Theology: Recent Developments from an Ecumenical Roman Catholic Perspective 81 -- Ann Marie Mealey: Dignitas Personae 111 -- Part three: Evangelical and Free Church Responses 131 -- Andrew Goddard: The Place of the Bible in Medical Ethics 133 -- J. Stephen Bellamy: Evangelicals and Embryology: Responses to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 157 -- Adam Hood: Theology and Ethics: The Importance of Frameworks 191 -- D. Gareth Jones: Conclusion: The Necessity of Dialogue 211 -- Notes on Contributors 239 -- Index 241.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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