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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Larson, Edward J. (Edward John) Different death. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1998 (OCoLC)607076074 Online version: Larson, Edward J. (Edward John) Different death. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1998 (OCoLC)607775292 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward J Larson; Darrel W Amundsen |
| ISBN: | 083081518X 9780830815180 |
| OCLC Number: | 38378676 |
| Description: | 288 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Other Titles: | A different death : |
| Responsibility: | Edward J. Larson, Darrel W. Amundsen. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 102898 105680 |
Abstract:
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.
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