This book explores many of the issues that arise when we consider persons who are in pain, who are suffering, and who are nearing the end of life. Suffering provokes us into a journey toward discovering who we are and forces us to rethink many of the views we hold about ourselves.
Contents:
Robert N. FISHER: Foreword
Daniel T. PRIMOZIC: Preface
Acknowledgments
ONE Robert N. FISHER: Introduction
TWO H. Mike AWALT: Writing the Disaster: Inscriptions of the Self
THREE David A. PAILIN: The Cry for Human Worth
FOUR Charles C. CONTI: Toward a Philosophy of Loss
FIVE Robert N. FISHER: Redeeming the Memory of Suffering
SIX Patricia SAYRE and Linnea VACCA: The Dialectics of Distance and Dependence
SEVEN Eric O. SPRINGSTED: God, Evil, and the Moral Self: The Augustinian Alternative
EIGHT: Tony DANCER: The Politics of Persons: Pastoral Care and the Christian Tradition
NINE Margaret J. MORRIS: HIV and Religion: Toward a New Dialogue
TEN Matthew BONZO: The Category of "Personhood" and Access to Health Care
ELEVEN Gavin J. FAIRBAIRN: Brain Transplants and the Orthodox View of Personhood
TWELVE Chris BELSHAW: Death, Brains, and Persons
THIRTEEN John P. LIZZA: Defining Death: A Biological or Cultural Matter?
FOURTEEN Anne EYRE: Death Rituals in Malaysia: An Examination of the Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Malaysians
FIFTEEN Andrew DAWSON: Becoming Personal: A Liberative Theological Perspective
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Contents:
Robert N. FISHER: Foreword
Daniel T. PRIMOZIC: Preface
Acknowledgments
ONE Robert N. FISHER: Introduction
TWO H. Mike AWALT: Writing the Disaster: Inscriptions of the Self
THREE David A. PAILIN: The Cry for Human Worth
FOUR Charles C. CONTI: Toward a Philosophy of Loss
FIVE Robert N. FISHER: Redeeming the Memory of Suffering
SIX Patricia SAYRE and Linnea VACCA: The Dialectics of Distance and Dependence
SEVEN Eric O. SPRINGSTED: God, Evil, and the Moral Self: The Augustinian Alternative
EIGHT: Tony DANCER: The Politics of Persons: Pastoral Care and the Christian Tradition
NINE Margaret J. MORRIS: HIV and Religion: Toward a New Dialogue
TEN Matthew BONZO: The Category of "Personhood" and Access to Health Care
ELEVEN Gavin J. FAIRBAIRN: Brain Transplants and the Orthodox View of Personhood
TWELVE Chris BELSHAW: Death, Brains, and Persons
THIRTEEN John P. LIZZA: Defining Death: A Biological or Cultural Matter?
FOURTEEN Anne EYRE: Death Rituals in Malaysia: An Examination of the Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Malaysians
FIFTEEN Andrew DAWSON: Becoming Personal: A Liberative Theological Perspective
About the Editors and Contributors
Index