Titre :	A different death : euthanasia & the Christian tradition
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Edward J. Larson, Auteur ; Darrel W. Amundsen, Auteur
Editeur :	Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press
Année de publication :	c1998
Importance :	288 p.
Format :	23 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-8308-1518-0
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Christianity. Euthanasia Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Mots-clés :	Christian
Index. décimale :	R 726
Résumé :	Fueled by controversies surrounding right-to-die activists, the debate over euthanasia occupies central stage in today's social arena. Christians have long been concerned with this issue, but A Different Death is the first comprehensive attempt to consider it in its historical, legal, ethical and theological aspects.
Note de contenu :	Preface : Facing a new age of death -- Introduction : Euthanasia & Christianity-- the nature of the controversies -- Suicide & euthanasia when Christianity arose -- Why early Christians condemned euthanasia & suicide -- Euthanasia in early Christianity -- Suicide in early Christianity -- Euthanasia & suicide in the Middle Ages -- Euthanasia & suicide since the Middle Ages -- The right-to-die movement -- From the right to die to the right to be killed -- Current legal issues in physician-assisted suicide -- Euthanasia practices today -- Conclusion : The road home-- caring, not killing.

A different death : euthanasia & the Christian tradition [texte imprimé] / Edward J. Larson, Auteur ; Darrel W. Amundsen, Auteur . - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1998 . - 288 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-8308-1518-0
Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Christianity. Euthanasia Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Mots-clés :	Christian
Index. décimale :	R 726
Résumé :	Fueled by controversies surrounding right-to-die activists, the debate over euthanasia occupies central stage in today's social arena. Christians have long been concerned with this issue, but A Different Death is the first comprehensive attempt to consider it in its historical, legal, ethical and theological aspects.
Note de contenu :	Preface : Facing a new age of death -- Introduction : Euthanasia & Christianity-- the nature of the controversies -- Suicide & euthanasia when Christianity arose -- Why early Christians condemned euthanasia & suicide -- Euthanasia in early Christianity -- Suicide in early Christianity -- Euthanasia & suicide in the Middle Ages -- Euthanasia & suicide since the Middle Ages -- The right-to-die movement -- From the right to die to the right to be killed -- Current legal issues in physician-assisted suicide -- Euthanasia practices today -- Conclusion : The road home-- caring, not killing.