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Is God Still at the Bedside?
The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying
Abigail Rian Evans
Offering an expert interdisciplinary Christian perspective on difficult end-of-life
decisions, Abigail Rian Evans examines the complex web of medical, ethical,
theological, pastoral, and legal issues surrounding death and dying. Is God Still
at the Bedside? is informed by insights from dying patients, their families, their
health-care and hospice staff, and members of the clergy, resulting in a book that
will help families struggling with end-of-life decisions and will also comprehensively
inform the doctors, nurses, and pastors who minister to them.
“We can all be grateful for the wisdom and practicality of this volume by ethicist-theologian
Abigail Rian Evans. Her years as teacher, minister, and scholar have been ably distilled in
this vade mecum for a journey all of us must take.”
— Edmund D. Pellegrino
The President’s Council on Bioethics
Abigail Rian Evans is scholar-in-residence at the Georgetown University
Center for Clinical Bioethics. Her other books include Redeeming Marketplace
Medicine and Healing Liturgies for the Seasons of Life.
Ethics
November / 978-0-8028-2723-4
6″ × 9″ paperback
440 pages / $29.99 [£19.99]
Christian Ethics in a Technological Age
Brian Brock
Through close analysis of the historical and conceptual roots of modern science
and technology, Brian Brock here develops a theological ethic addressing a wide
range of contemporary perplexities about the moral challenges raised by new
technology.
“Christians are often so naïve about the power of technological culture in our lives. Brian
Brock isn’t.”
— Christian Smith
“This is as good a treatment of Heidegger’s account of technology as any that we have, and
a more appropriate theological response. Brian Brock is going to be one of the important
theologians of the future.”
— Stanley Hauerwas
“A remarkable achievement. . . . It is easy to criticize the technocratic spirit, but much
harder to point out an alternative. This book does.” — Bernd Wannenwetsch
Brian Brock is lecturer in moral and practical theology at the University of
Aberdeen, Scotland, and the author of Singing the Ethos of God: On the Place of
Christian Ethics in Scripture.
Ethics • Religion & Science
Available / 978-0-8028-6517-5
6″ × 9″ paperback
418 pages / $34.00 [£22.99]
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