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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
Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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, …
Reviews Of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World, By Tracy Kidder; Pathologies Of Power: Health Care, Human Rights, And The New War On The Poor, By Paul Farmer; And The Uses Of Haiti, By Paul Farmer, M. Therese Lysaught
Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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From Clinic To Congregation: Religious Communities And Genetic Medicine, M. Therese Lysaught
From Clinic To Congregation: Religious Communities And Genetic Medicine, M. Therese Lysaught
Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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The Sanctity Of Life Seduced: A Symposium On Medical Ethics, Daniel Callahan, Gilbert Meilaender, William B. Smith, M. Therese Lysaught, Caroline Whitbeck, William E. May, Eric Cassell
The Sanctity Of Life Seduced: A Symposium On Medical Ethics, Daniel Callahan, Gilbert Meilaender, William B. Smith, M. Therese Lysaught, Caroline Whitbeck, William E. May, Eric Cassell
Institute of Pastoral Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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