Christian Integrity Regained: Reformational Worldview Engagement for Everyday Medical Practice

How does one committed to the claims of Christ and a biblical story of redemption live Christianly and navigate the competing worldviews encountered in everyday medical practice? Adopting the practical conceptual framework promoted by Reformed Christian philosopher and theologian Albert Wolters, we...

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Authors: Tilburt, Jon (Author) ; Pacyna, Joel (Author) ; Rusthoven, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-176
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KDD Protestant Church
NBK Soteriology
NCH Medical ethics
VA Philosophy
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Summary:How does one committed to the claims of Christ and a biblical story of redemption live Christianly and navigate the competing worldviews encountered in everyday medical practice? Adopting the practical conceptual framework promoted by Reformed Christian philosopher and theologian Albert Wolters, we argue for an all-encompassing biblical understanding of God’s cosmic redemption plan for the entire creation order in contrast to a more typical sacred/secular duality. We then apply the concepts of structure and direction, drawn from a pretheological understanding of human life drawn from the Scripture, to a semi-fictional case study in discerning Christian faithfulness in everyday mundane aspects of medicine. Our subsequent analysis seeks to render an interpretation of what it means to live life consistent with that worldview when confronted with challenges like those presented in the case.
ISSN:1744-4195
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/cb/cbaa005