{"product_id":"flourishing-health-disease-and-bioethics-in-theological-perspective-9780802868992","title":"Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe use such words as \"health,\" \"disease,\" and \"illness\" all the time without stopping to consider exactly what we understand by them. Yet their meanings are far from straightforward, and disagreements over them have important practical consequences in health care and bioethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book Neil Messer develops a distinctive and innovative theological account of these concepts. He engages in earnest with debates in the philosophy of medicine and disability studies and draws on a wide array of theological resources including Barth, Bonhoeffer, Aquinas, and recent disability theologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy enabling us to understand health in the wider perspective of the flourishing and ultimate destiny of human beings, Messer's \u003cem\u003eFlourishing\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on a range of practical bioethical issues and dilemmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMesser, Neil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Neil Messer is professor of theology at the University ofWinchester, UK, and a minister of the United ReformedChurch. His previous books include Respecting Life: Theology and Bioethics and Selfish Genes andChristian Ethics.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328400101650,"sku":"9780802868992","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86305ef9-9ced-4db7-a33b-ff953e3d046d.jpg?v=1727738545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flourishing-health-disease-and-bioethics-in-theological-perspective-9780802868992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}