Dying And The Virtues
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Dying And The Virtues
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Author : Matthew Levering
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-23
Dying And The Virtues written by Matthew Levering and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-23 with Religion categories.
In this rich book Matthew Levering explores nine key virtues that we need to die (and live) well: love, hope, faith, penitence, gratitude, solidarity, humility, surrender, and courage. Retrieving and engaging a variety of biblical, theological, historical, and medical resources, Levering journeys through the various stages and challenges of the dying process, beginning with the fear of annihilation and continuing through repentance and gratitude, suffering and hope, before arriving finally at the courage needed to say goodbye to one’s familiar world. Grounded in careful readings of Scripture, the theological tradition, and contemporary culture, Dying and the Virtues comprehensively and beautifully shows how these nine virtues effectively unite us with God, the One who alone can conquer death.
Virtues And Dying
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Author : William Paul Kabasenche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Virtues And Dying written by William Paul Kabasenche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
I argue that for most patients a good death involves more than contemporary medicine can or should be expected to provide and that virtues can secure goods not provided by medicine. Currently, medical care at the end of life focuses on addressing pain and suffering, supporting independent functioning and autonomy, providing aggressive care near death when desired, and preserving overall quality of life, among other aims. When bioethicists have discussed a good death, they have argued primarily for the provision of such services and for respect of patients' autonomy. However, I argue that such circumstances are not sufficient by themselves to ensure a good death and a patient's use of autonomy will be "guided" by her conception of a good death. In many cases, a good death requires -- as a necessary if not sufficient condition -- virtues as well. At least four different conceptions of a good death, I argue, exist within American society. These conceptions imply goods that go beyond what proper medical care currently does or should provide. Next, I discuss the challenges that dying patients face in our contemporary medical and social context. What types of challenges -- and how one faces them -- will be determined partly by one's conception of a good death, though certain challenges seem more universal. I argue that the challenges associated with the loss of independence and increasing dependence on others and the nature of pain and suffering at the end of life are among our most prominent concerns. After discussing virtues in general and the place of emotions within them, I use this account to show how virtues can enable a person to die well, given a particular patient's conception of a good death. Embodying virtues such as patience, gratitude, generosity, and practical wisdom can help patients become the kinds of people who can meet some of the challenges of dying. I conclude by giving a fuller depiction of one conception of a good death rooted in the Christian moral tradition.
Patience Compassion Hope And The Christian Art Of Dying Well
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Author : Christopher P. Vogt
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
Patience Compassion Hope And The Christian Art Of Dying Well written by Christopher P. Vogt and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Family & Relationships categories.
By mining the rich tradition of virtue ethics, Christopher Vogt uses the virtues of patience, compassion, and hope as a framework for specifying the shape of a good death, and for naming the practices Christians should develop to live well and die well. Bringing together historical, biblical, and contemporary sources in Christian ethics, Vogt provides a long-overdue theological analysis of the ars moriendi or "art of dying" literature of four centuries ago. Through a careful analysis of Luke's passion narrative, Vogt uses Jesus as the primary model for being patient in the face of death and for dying well.
Christian Dying
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Author : George Kalantzis
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-07-24
Christian Dying written by George Kalantzis and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-24 with Religion categories.
We human beings are mortal. Our lives in this world inevitably terminate in death. This reality, however, need not cause us to despair, since Jesus Christ has gone before us into the far country of death, giving us hope that this defining feature of our earthly lives is not the end, but instead is an entrance into Christ's presence and a path to the fullness of the Spirit's new creation in which God will be all in all. Christian Dying: Witnesses from the Tradition is a collection of essays containing reflections from Christian authors--whether Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant--on the meaning and appropriation of Christian hope in the face of death in conversation with a number of great voices from the Christian tradition. CONTRIBUTORS: Michel Rene Barnes, John C. Cavadini, Marc Cortez, Brian E. Daley, S.J., Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Matthew Levering, David Luy, Mark McIntosh, Gilbert Meilaender, Cyril O'Regan, Marcus Plested, Brent Waters.
Death And Compassion
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Author : Liezl L. Van Zyl
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Death And Compassion written by Liezl L. Van Zyl and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Medical categories.
Death and Compassion offers a systematic exploration of the role of the virtues within medical ethics and practice - presenting a critique of principle-based ethical systems within the context of modern medicine. Focusing specifically on terminal care and the ethical problems surrounding euthanasia, and drawing on Aristotle's teleological account of the virtues, the author develops an argument in favour of a systematic incorporation of the virtues of compassion, benevolence and respectfulness in medical practice.
Conscience And Ethics
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Author : Matthew Levering
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-28
Conscience And Ethics written by Matthew Levering and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-28 with categories.
How important is the conscience for the Christian moral life? How should it be understood in relation to the teachings of the Bible and of church tradition? In this book, Matthew Levering surveys twentieth-century Catholic moral theology to construct an argument for keeping conscience firmly alongside prudence, charity, and the gifts of the Spirit--and for understanding it as something that must be formed by the revealed truths of Scripture as interpreted and applied in the church. Levering shows how conscience-centered ethics came to be--both prior to and following the Second Vatican Council--and how important voices from both the Catholic and Protestant communities criticized the primacy of conscience in favor of an approach that considers conscience within "the broader framework of the Christian moral organism." Rather than engaging with current hot-button issues, Levering presents and deconstructs the work of twenty-six noteworthy theologians from the recent past in order to work through core matters. He begins by examining how the conscience has been dealt with in dialogue with the Bible and in the Catholic "moral manuals" of the twentieth century. He then explores the rebuttals to conscience-centered ethics offered by pre- and post-conciliar Thomists and the emergence of a new, even more problematic conscience-centered ethics in German thought. Amid this wide-ranging introduction to various strands of Catholic moral theology, Levering crafts an incisive intervention of his own against the "abuse of conscience" that besets the church today as it did in the last century.
The Christian Art Of Dying
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Author : Allen Verhey
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-28
The Christian Art Of Dying written by Allen Verhey and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-28 with Religion categories.
A renowned ethicist who himself faced death during a recent life-threatening illness, Allen Verhey in The Christian Art of Dying sets out to recapture dying from the medical world. Seeking to counter the medicalization of death that is so prevalent today, Verhey revisits the fifteenth-century Ars Moriendi, an illustrated spiritual self-help manual on "the art of dying." Finding much wisdom in that little book but rejecting its Stoic and Platonic worldview, Verhey uncovers in the biblical accounts of Jesus' death a truly helpful paradigm for dying well and faithfully.
Death
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Author : Geoffrey Scarre
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-05
Death written by Geoffrey Scarre and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-05 with Philosophy categories.
What is death and why does it matter to us? How should the knowledge of our finitude affect the living of our lives and what are the virtues suitable to mortal beings? Does death destroy the meaningfulness of lives, or would lives that never ended be eternally and absurdly tedious? Should we reconcile ourselves to the fact of our forthcoming death, or refuse to "go gently into that good night"? Can death really be an evil if, after death, we no longer exist as subjects of goods or evils? How should we respond to the deaths of others and do we have any duties towards the dead? These, and many other, questions are addressed in Geoffrey Scarre's book, which draws upon a wide variety of philosophical and literary sources to offer an up-to-date and highly readable study of some major ethical and metaphysical riddles concerning death and dying.
The Rule And Exercises Of Holy Dying Classic Reprint
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Author : Jeremy Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-23
The Rule And Exercises Of Holy Dying Classic Reprint written by Jeremy Taylor and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-23 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying My Lord, it is a great art to die well, and to be learnt by men in health, by them that can difcourfe and confider, by thofe whofe underftanding and afts of reafon are not abated with fear or pains: and as the greateft part of Death is paffed by the preceding years of our Life, fo alfo in thofe years are the greatef't preparations to it; and he that prepares not for Death before his hit ficknefs, is like him that begins to Rudy Philofophy when he is going to difpute pub licly in the Faculty. All that a fick and dying man can do is but to exercife thofe virtues which he be-fviii the epistle dedicatory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Approaching The End
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Author : David Albert Jones
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-08-30
Approaching The End written by David Albert Jones and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-30 with Religion categories.
David Albert Jones considers two basic questions: how can we live well in the face of death? and when, if ever, is it legitimate deliberately to bring human life to an end? He focuses upon the distinct theological approaches to death shown by four outstanding Christian thinkers: Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Karl Rahner. Jones's aim is not primarily to make a contribution to the history of theology, but rather, through engagement with the thought of theologians of the past, to reflect on some of the practical and existential issues that the approach of death presents for all of us.