Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change

by Lisa Sowle Cahill

Book Overview

As bioethics has evolved, those traditions whose thinkers had dominated the field in the last 1960s and early 1970s--progressive Catholics and Protestants and Jews--have struggled to be heard, and in some cases have been pushed to the edge of irrelevance. A seemingly neutral political liberalism, with its commitment to the free market and scientific progress, has pervaded the public sphere, creating a deep suspicion of those bringing religious values...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589010752
• ISBN13: 9781589010758
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"