Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective

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.

Author: Neil Messer
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 12/01/2013
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.11w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780802868992

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 822

About the Author
Messer, Neil: - Neil Messer is professor of theology at the University ofWinchester, UK, and a minister of the United ReformedChurch. His previous books include Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics and Selfish Genes andChristian Ethics.

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