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In Stewards of Life Sondra Ely Wheeler presents a compact basic introduction to the language and principles of contemporary bioethics Perhaps more importantly by providing a theological explanation and critique of the language and principles of bioethics as applied in medical contexts she positions bioethical issues firmly within the context of the biblical narrative that forms the church and shapes Christian understanding of human life Wheeler uses sample cases to illustrate the ways in which bioethical principles appropriately understood inform Christian moral reflection She further gives specific attention to pastors and chaplains roles in helping patients and their families confront medical crises as members of the community of faith. and Health. in . Secular. Society . –. Viewed. from . the. . Theory. and . Practice. . of. Pastoral . Care. Professor Tor Johan S. Grevbo. Diakonova. University College. Oslo, . Norway. (Odense, . IN A DIVERSE CHURCH. Patricia Noller . 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There’s no “Right” or “Wrong” We’re All Learners: “Art of Pastoral Care” CREATING AN OPTIMUM ATMOSHERE Criteria for Assessing Pastoral Care This interdisciplinary collection of essays demonstrates how the ethical and political problems we are confronted with today have come to focus largely on life. The contributors to this volume define and assess the specific meaning of life itself. It is only by doing so that we can understand why life has become an all-encompassing problem, why all questions, especially ethical and political, have become vital questions. We have reached a moment in history where every distinction and opposition is no longer in relation to life, but within it, and where life is at once a theoretical and practical problem. This book throws light on this nexus of problems at the heart of contemporary debates in bioethics and biopolitics. It helps us understand why and how life is understood, valued, cared for and framed today. Taking a genuinely transdisciplinary approach, these essays demonstrate how life is a multifaceted problem and how diverse the origins, foundations and also consequences of bioethics and biopolitics therefore are. It is often said that bioethics emerged from theology in the 1960s, and that since then it has grown into a secular enterprise, yielding to other disciplines and professions such as philosophy and law. During the 1970s and 1980s, a kind of secularism in biomedicine and related areas wasencouraged by the need for a neutral language that could provide common ground for guiding clinical practice and research protocols. Tom Beauchamp and James Childress, in their pivotal The Principles of Biomedical Ethics, achieved this neutrality through an approach that came to be known asprinciplist bioethics.In Pastoral Aesthetics, Nathan Carlin critically engages Beauchamp and Childress by revisiting the role of religion in bioethics and argues that pastoral theologians can enrich moral imagination in bioethics by cultivating an aesthetic sensibility that is theologically-informed, psychologically-sophisticated, therapeutically-oriented, and experientially-grounded. To achieve these ends, Carlin employs Paul Tillich\'s method of correlation by positioning four principles of bioethics with four images of pastoral care, drawing on a range of sources, including painting, fiction, memoir, poetry, journalism, cultural studies, clinical journals, classic cases in bioethics, and original pastoral care conversations. What emerges is a form of interdisciplinary inquiry that will be of special interest to bioethicists, theologians, and chaplains. In Stewards of Life, Sondra Ely Wheeler presents a compact, basic introduction to the language and principles of contemporary bioethics. Perhaps more importantly, by providing a theological explanation and critique of the language and principles of bioethics as applied in medical contexts, she positions bioethical issues firmly within the context of the biblical narrative that forms the church and shapes Christian understanding of human life. Wheeler uses sample cases to illustrate the ways in which bioethical principles, appropriately understood, inform Christian moral reflection. She further gives specific attention to pastors\' and chaplains\' roles in helping patients and their families confront medical crises as members of the community of faith.