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Medicine As Friendship With God: Anointing The Sick As A Theological Hermeneutic, M Therese Lysaught
Medicine As Friendship With God: Anointing The Sick As A Theological Hermeneutic, M Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
A theological bioethics needs, first, a theological politics. The thesis of this essay rests on the claim that the contours of a theological politics are found in the nature of sacramental practices. More specifically, a theological politics of medicine is found in the sacramental practice of anointing of the sick. Anointing provides a radically theological hermeneutic—a theologically robust vision for interpreting medicine that, if enacted, can powerfully make real God's work in the world. Such a vision is embodied in one particular twentieth-century exemplar—the organization called Partners In Health (PIH) and its cofounder, Paul Farmer. Farmer and PIH, I argue, …
Reclaiming Our Identities: From Ethicist To Moral Theologian, M. Therese Lysaught
Reclaiming Our Identities: From Ethicist To Moral Theologian, M. Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
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