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    Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective
    Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective
    Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective
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    Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective

    By Neil Messer

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEerdmans
    Release dateDec 20, 2013
    ISBN9781467440554
    Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective
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    Neil Messer

      Neil Messer is Professor of Theological Bioethics at Baylor University. His other books include Theological Neuroethics: Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain and Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics.

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