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Medicine As Friendship With God: Anointing The Sick As A Theological Hermeneutic, M Therese Lysaught Mar 2009

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 Feb 2009

Reclaiming Our Identities: From Ethicist To Moral Theologian, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

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“Suffering In Communion With Christ: Sacraments, Dying Faithfully, And End Of Life Care, M. Therese Lysaught Dec 2008

“Suffering In Communion With Christ: Sacraments, Dying Faithfully, And End Of Life Care, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

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