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Book SynopsisThis book explores many of the issues that arise when we consider persons who are in pain, who are suffering, and who are nearing the end of life. Suffering provokes us into a journey toward discovering who we are and forces us to rethink many of the views we hold about ourselves.
Trade Review"The issues in this book relate to everyone and most thinking persons would find the material stimulating. …the book has potential as a textbook and more. …" - in: DIALOGUE – Journal of Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society for Philosophy, Vol. 46, No. 2-3 (April 2004) "the mostly short contributions are of a high quality and several will be of considerable interest to philosophers working in the field of bioethics … there are many insights to be gained from perusing the book" - in: Metapsychology (2003)
Table of ContentsRobert N. FISHER: Foreword Daniel T. PRIMOZIC: Preface Acknowledgments ONE Robert N. FISHER: Introduction TWO H. Mike AWALT: Writing the Disaster: Inscriptions of the Self THREE David A. PAILIN: The Cry for Human Worth FOUR Charles C. CONTI: Toward a Philosophy of Loss FIVE Robert N. FISHER: Redeeming the Memory of Suffering SIX Patricia SAYRE and Linnea VACCA: The Dialectics of Distance and Dependence SEVEN Eric O. SPRINGSTED: God, Evil, and the Moral Self: The Augustinian Alternative EIGHT: Tony DANCER: The Politics of Persons: Pastoral Care and the Christian Tradition NINE Margaret J. MORRIS: HIV and Religion: Toward a New Dialogue TEN Matthew BONZO: The Category of “Personhood” and Access to Health Care ELEVEN Gavin J. FAIRBAIRN: Brain Transplants and the Orthodox View of Personhood TWELVE Chris BELSHAW: Death, Brains, and Persons THIRTEEN John P. LIZZA: Defining Death: A Biological or Cultural Matter? FOURTEEN Anne EYRE: Death Rituals in Malaysia: An Examination of the Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Malaysians FIFTEEN Andrew DAWSON: Becoming Personal: A Liberative Theological Perspective About the Editors and Contributors Index
