Health Care and Christian Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Robin Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology, University of Kent, and the Editor of Theology. Previous titles by the author include New Challenges for Christians May 2010 A Bit Like Jesus, November 2009, A Sense of Grace - November 2004 Klappentext How can Christian ethics make a significant contribution to health care ethics in today's Western! pluralistic society? Robin Gill explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels. Zusammenfassung How can Christian ethics contribute significantly to health care ethics in today's Western! pluralistic society? Gill explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels! identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion! care! faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Moral gaps in secular health care ethics; 2. Tensions in public theology; 3. Healing in the Synoptic Gospels; 4. Compassion in health care ethics; 5. Care in health care ethics; 6. Faith in health care ethics; 7. Humility in health care ethics; Conclusion; Bibliography of works cited; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robin Gill, Robin (University of Kent Gill, Gill Robin
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521055741
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05574-1
• Seiten: 244
• Serie: New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke