Body of Compassion

by Joel Shuman

Book Overview

In The Body of Compassion, Joel Shuman presents an important, new theological treatment of contemporary bioethics, weaving together personal experience, a critical treatise on contemporary bioethics, and an exploration of a Christian theological alternative.The author first draws the reader into a consideration of the current state of bioethics by relating the story of his grandfather, a hard-working family man who died a solitary death, unaccompanied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813367042
• ISBN13: 9780813367040
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"