Flourishing

Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective

Neil Messer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2013
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-8028-6899-2 (ISBN)

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This book gives a theologically satisfying discussion of health and disease that addresses key areas neglected by medical ethicists. We use such words as "health," "disease," and "illness" all the time without stopping to consider exactly what we understand by them. Yet their meanings are far from straightforward, and disagreements over them have important practical consequences in health care and bioethics. In this book, Neil Messer develops a distinctive and innovative theological account of these concepts. He engages in earnest with debates in the philosophy of medicine and disability studies and draws on a wide array of theological resources including Barth, Bonhoeffer, Aquinas, and recent disability theologies. By enabling us to understand health in the wider perspective of the flourishing and ultimate destiny of human beings, Messer's Flourishing sheds new light on a range of practical bioethical issues and dilemmas.

Neil Messer is professor of theology at the University ofWinchester, UK, and a minister of the United ReformedChurch. His previous books include Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics and Selfish Genes andChristian Ethics.

Verlagsort	Grand Rapids
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8028-6899-1 / 0802868991
ISBN-13	978-0-8028-6899-2 / 9780802868992
Zustand	Neuware