Theology and Bioethics
Exploring the Foundations and Frontiers
Editors: Shelp, E.E. (Ed.)
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We who live in this post-modern late twentieth century culture are still children of dualism. For a variety of rather complex reasons we continue to split apart and treat as radical opposites body and spirit, medicine and religion, sacred and secular, private and public, love and justice, men and women. Though this is still our strong tendency, we are beginning to discover both the futility and the harm of such dualistic splitting. Peoples of many ancient cultures might smile at the belatedness of our discovery concerning the commonalities of medicine and religion. A cur sory glance back at ancient Egypt, Samaria, Babylonia, Persia, Greece, and Rome would disclose a common thread - the close union of religion and medicine. Both were centrally concerned with healing, health, and wholeness. The person was understood as a unity of body, mind, and spirit. The priest and the physician frequently were combined in the same individual. One of the important contributions of this significant volume of essays is the sustained attack upon dualism. From a variety of vantage points, virtually all of the authors unmask the varied manifestations of dualism in religion and medicine, urging a more holistic approach. Since the editor has provided an excellent summary of each article, I shall not attempt to comment on specific contributions. Rather , I wish to highlight three 1 broad themes which I find notable for theological ethics.
- Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Religion and the Renaissance of Medical Ethics in the United States: 1965–1975
Pages 3-16
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Theology and Science: Their Difference as a Source of Interaction in Ethics
Pages 17-25
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Scientific and Religious Aspects of Bioethics
Pages 27-44
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Hartshorne, Theology, and the Nameless God
Pages 45-48
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The Potential of Theology for Ethics
Pages 49-64
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Theology and Bioethics
- Book Subtitle
- Exploring the Foundations and Frontiers
- Editors
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- E.E. Shelp
- Series Title
- Philosophy and Medicine
- Series Volume
- 20
- Copyright
- 1985
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-015-7723-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-015-7723-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-277-1857-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-8408-8
- Series ISSN
- 0376-7418
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 315
- Topics
