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Treating the Body in Medicine and Religion - Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,072
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Treating the Body in Medicine and Religion - Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives (Hardcover): John J Fitzgerald, Ashley...

Treating the Body in Medicine and Religion - Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives (Hardcover)

John J Fitzgerald, Ashley John Moyse

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

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Modern medicine has produced many wonderful technological breakthroughs that have extended the limits of the frail human body. However, much of the focus of this medical research has been on the physical, often reducing the human being to a biological machine to be examined, understood, and controlled. This book begins by asking whether the modern medical milieu has overly objectified the body, unwittingly or not, and whether current studies in bioethics are up to the task of restoring a fuller understanding of the human person. In response, various authors here suggest that a more theological/religious approach would be helpful, or perhaps even necessary. Presenting specific perspectives from Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the book is divided into three parts: "Understanding the Body," "Respecting the Body," and "The Body at the End of Life." A panel of expert contributors-including philosophers, physicians, and theologians and scholars of religion- answer key questions such as: What is the relationship between body and soul? What are our obligations toward human bodies? How should medicine respond to suffering and death? The resulting text is an interdisciplinary treatise on how medicine can best function in our societies. Offering a new way to approach the medical humanities, this book will be of keen interest to any scholars with an interest in contemporary religious perspectives on medicine and the body.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Release date: May 2019
First published: 2018
Editors: John J Fitzgerald • Ashley John Moyse
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-48485-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
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LSN: 1-138-48485-7
Barcode: 9781138484856

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