Preserving the Penultimate: The Impact of Bonhoeffer andSchweitzer on Healthcare - Brossura

Jaggs-Fowler, Robert M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0227180941 ISBN 13: 9780227180945

Casa editrice: James Clarke, 2026

Riassunto

Brings together two of the 20th century's most renowned Christian thinkers, examining the Church's relationship to healthcare. Bonhoeffer's theology meets Schweitzer's philosophy and praxis to examine the place that healthcare should hold within the Church and its mission. Using the crisis within the National Health Service in the United Kingdom as an example, the insights which these renowned thinkers bring to healthcare are explored. Is the Church ignoring a part of its mission having retreated from the world of healthcare? Taking Bonhoeffer's notion of redeeming the penultimate (our present reality), as well as Schweitzer's emphasis on the practical application of Christian tenets, Preserving the Penultimate courses a path through the overlaps of these two thinkers, ultimately leading to a 're-envisioning the praxis of healthcare as theologically central to the mission of the Church.' As questions around healthcare become more urgent than ever, the role of Christianity to offer alternatives and inspire a broader vision of care is illuminated, considering not only the physical but the spiritual well-being of the person.

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Informazioni sull'autore

REVD DR ROBERT M. JAGGS-FOWLER CStJ MBBS LLM MA PhD FRCGP FRSA is a Fellow at St John's College, Durham University, an Anglican priest, a retired GP, a writer and poet. He holds degrees in the subjects of medicine, medical law and ethics, theology, and philosophy. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal Society of Arts.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: James Clarke
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0227180941
• ISBN 13: 9780227180945
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 377
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