03171cam a2200529Ki 4500 ocn911294418 OCoLC 20200709060406.0 m d cr un||||||||| 150622s2013 xx ob 001 0 eng d IHT eng rda pn IHT TEFOD OCLCO YDXCP OCLCF OCLCO TEFOD N$T OCLCO OCLCQ 9781467440554 (electronic bk.) 1467440558 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)911294418 2DF3A5C1-0E1A-43F0-8E0E-6880ADD310F8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com R723 .M465 2013eb BUS 008000 bisacsh 174.2 23 MAIN Messer, Neil, author. Flourishing : health, disease, and bioethics in theological perspective / Neil Messer. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. Introduction: The importance of concepts of health and disease -- Philosophical accounts of health, disease, and illness -- Disability perspectives: critical insights and questions -- Theological resources for understanding health and disease -- Theological theses concerning health, disease, and illness. We 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. In 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. By enabling us to understand health in the wider perspective of the flourishing and ultimate destiny of human beings, Messer's Flourishing sheds new light on a range of practical bioethical issues and dilemmas. Print version record. Health Philosophy. Health Religious aspects. Diseases Religious aspects. Medical ethics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Business Ethics. bisacsh Diseases Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00895186 Health Philosophy. fast (OCoLC)fst00952767 Health Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00952772 Medical ethics. fast (OCoLC)fst01014081 Electronic books. Print version: Messer, Neil. Flourishing 9780802868992 (OCoLC)857850104 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1058421 EBSCOhost EBSC 1058421 YBP Library Services YANK 12598401 92 N$T 56437 56437