Suffering, Death, and Identity / / edited by Robert N. Fisher, Daniel T. Primozic, Peter A. Day, Joel A. Thompson.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 135
• TeilnehmendeR: Day, Peter A.,; Fisher, Robert N.,; Primozic, Daniel T.,; Thompson, Joel A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 135.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 pages)

This book explores many of the issues that arise when we consider persons who are in pain, who are suffering, and who are nearing the end of life. Suffering provokes us into a journey toward discovering who we are and forces us to rethink many of the views we hold about ourselves.

Table of Contents

Robert N. FISHER: Foreword -- Daniel T. PRIMOZIC: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE Robert N. FISHER: Introduction -- TWO H. Mike AWALT: Writing the Disaster: Inscriptions of the Self -- THREE David A. PAILIN: The Cry for Human Worth -- FOUR Charles C. CONTI: Toward a Philosophy of Loss -- FIVE Robert N. FISHER: Redeeming the Memory of Suffering -- SIX Patricia SAYRE and Linnea VACCA: The Dialectics of Distance and Dependence -- SEVEN Eric O. SPRINGSTED: God, Evil, and the Moral Self: The Augustinian Alternative -- EIGHT: Tony DANCER: The Politics of Persons: Pastoral Care and the Christian Tradition -- NINE Margaret J. MORRIS: HIV and Religion: Toward a New Dialogue -- TEN Matthew BONZO: The Category of "Personhood" and Access to Health Care -- ELEVEN Gavin J. FAIRBAIRN: Brain Transplants and the Orthodox View of Personhood -- TWELVE Chris BELSHAW: Death, Brains, and Persons -- THIRTEEN John P. LIZZA: Defining Death: A Biological or Cultural Matter? -- FOURTEEN Anne EYRE: Death Rituals in Malaysia: An Examination of the Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Malaysians -- FIFTEEN Andrew DAWSON: Becoming Personal: A Liberative Theological Perspective -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.