This essay responds to Tristram Engelhardt’s critique of Christian bioethics. There is much to be commended in his essay, particularly his concern that Christian bioethics has failed to be authentically and distinctively Christian. To address such concerns, my essay argues that greater prominence needs to be given to the Bible in Christian bioethics. This would involve several challenges and difficulties, some of which are reviewed. Given the centrality of Scripture to Christian life and practice, including ethics, its use should be encouraged within Christian bioethics. Such an undertaking requires an approach to using Scripture, which the grammatico-historical method provides. This approach is described briefly, with resources for further study referenced. The approach is then applied to a small number of examples to demonstrate the rich source of distinctive insight that the Bible brings to Christian bioethics.
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{"title":"H. T. Engelhardt, Jr., Misrepresented and Misunderstood: Beyond a Philosophy of Difference and toward a Theology of Unity","authors":"Ryan R. Nash","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"272-282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Defense of Paul Tillich: Toward a Liberal Protestant Bioethics","authors":"D. Stahl","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"260-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"False Gods and Facades of the Same: On the Distinctiveness of a Christian Bioethics","authors":"J. Bishop","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"301-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article should be thought to be more of an engagement with the Christian bioethics approach of Engelhardt as opposed to a response. There is much in Engelhardt’s critique of secular bioethics and his proposal for Christian bioethics that is right-headed and insightful. We exposit an approach to Christian bioethics from the perspective of Reformed Protestantism. First, we outline Engelhardt’s critique of secular bioethics, his concept of moral strangers, and his understanding of what constitutes Christian bioethics. Second, in contrast to Engelhardt’s method, we appeal to a Reformed doctrine of common grace as groundwork for developing our distinct approach. Third, we identify what we take to be the public significance of common grace for Christians involved in bioethics.
{"title":"Toward a Common Grace Christian Bioethics: A Reformed Protestant Engagement with H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr","authors":"P. Smith, F. Jotterand","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU020","url":null,"abstract":"This article should be thought to be more of an engagement with the Christian bioethics approach of Engelhardt as opposed to a response. There is much in Engelhardt’s critique of secular bioethics and his proposal for Christian bioethics that is right-headed and insightful. We exposit an approach to Christian bioethics from the perspective of Reformed Protestantism. First, we outline Engelhardt’s critique of secular bioethics, his concept of moral strangers, and his understanding of what constitutes Christian bioethics. Second, in contrast to Engelhardt’s method, we appeal to a Reformed doctrine of common grace as groundwork for developing our distinct approach. Third, we identify what we take to be the public significance of common grace for Christians involved in bioethics.","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"8 1","pages":"229-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Emptiness of Postmodern, Post-Christian Bioethics: An Engelhardtian Reevaluation of the Status of the Field","authors":"M. Cherry","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"168-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authentic Christian Bioethics: Engelhardt’s Relationship between Faith and Reason Critically Reassessed","authors":"Gina M. Fullam","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"196-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Many have regarded the 1970’s, rich as they were with the works of such as Paul Ramsey and Richard McCormick, as the golden age of bioethics. As Stanley Hauerwas has pointed out, the claim is false. This article argues that Ramsey and others, by creating a Christian bioethics that was not founded in Christ and in distinctly Christian commitments, contributed to the auto-demolition of Christian bioethics. After all, if Christian bioethics contributed to bioethical reflection only what a good secular bioethics can offer, why bother. However, now a distinctly Christian bioethics is growing.
{"title":"The Recent History of Christian Bioethics Critically Reassessed","authors":"H. Engelhardt","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU018","url":null,"abstract":"Many have regarded the 1970’s, rich as they were with the works of such as Paul Ramsey and Richard McCormick, as the golden age of bioethics. As Stanley Hauerwas has pointed out, the claim is false. This article argues that Ramsey and others, by creating a Christian bioethics that was not founded in Christ and in distinctly Christian commitments, contributed to the auto-demolition of Christian bioethics. After all, if Christian bioethics contributed to bioethical reflection only what a good secular bioethics can offer, why bother. However, now a distinctly Christian bioethics is growing.","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"3 1","pages":"146-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Defense of the Amphibians: A Critical Appraisal of Engelhardt on the Recent History of Christian Bioethics","authors":"D. Sulmasy","doi":"10.1093/CB/CBU015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBU015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42894,"journal":{"name":"Christian Bioethics","volume":"20 1","pages":"187-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2014-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/CB/CBU015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60682846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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