TY  - BOOK
AU  - Demy,Timothy J
AU  - Stewart,Gary
AU  - 
TI  - Suicide: a Christian response : crucial considerations for choosing life 
SN  - 9780825423550
AV  - HV6545.S849.S853 1998 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Kregel Publications
KW  - Suicide
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Euthanasia
N1  - 2; Shaping euthanasia rights : compassion in Dying volume Washington and Quill volume Vacco; Edward R. Grant  --; Roe volume Wade and the euthanasia debate; James Bopp Jr. and Richard E. Coleson  --; Brick walls on the slippery slope : reasonable moderation or unjust discrimination against persons with disabilities?; Daniel Avila  --; The physician-assisted suicide : is it ever justified?; Robert D. Orr  --; The management of cancer pain; Matthew E. Conolly  --; Suicide and the right to die (with help) : the cases of Sigmund Freud and JAMA's Debbie; David L. Schiedermayer  --; A nurse's perspective on euthanasia; Mary Krumholz Clifford --; Philosophical reflections  --; Physician-assisted suicide : today, yesterday, and tomorrow; John F. Kilner  --; The price of life; Alister E. McGrath  --; Euthanasia : an overview; John S. Feinberg  --; The morality of suicide : issues and options; J.P. Moreland  --; Suicide and the problem of evil : why bad things cause people to end their lives; C. Ben Mitchell  --; Christians and a culture of death : affirming moral accountability in an amoral world; J. Daryl Charles  --; Absolute autonomy and physician-assisted suicide : putting a bad idea out of its misery; Francis J. Beckwith  --; Homicidal medicine; John M. Dolan --; Theological reflections  --; A theology of death; Dennis P. Hollinger  --; The Masada suicides : the making and breaking of a cultural icon; Barry R. Leventhal  --; Did early Christians "lust after death"? : a new wrinkle in the doctor-assisted suicide debate; Darrel W. Amundsen  --; Some reservations about suicide; A.A. Howsepian --; Biblical reflections  --; Suicide and the concept of death in the Old Testament; Eugene H. Merrill  --; Death, an impetus for life : Ecclesiastes 12 :1-8; Barry C. Davis  --; But the Bible doesn't say they were wrong to commit suicide, does it?; Donal P. O'Mathuna  --; A "wisdom" perspective on advocacy for the suicidal; James S. Reitman  --; Did Paul condone suicide? : implications for assisted suicide and active euthanasia; Donal P. O'Mathuna  --; The Good Samaritan and the euthanasia debate; H. Wayne House --; Pastoral and personal reflections  --; Suicide's companion : a trail of tears; Gary P. Stewart  --; Pastoral reflections on adolescent suicide; Jeffrey A. Watson  --; Pastoral reflections on suicide and the local church : humanity against itself; Fred C. Chay  --; Pastoral reflections on the suicide of a family member; Charles Ballard  --; Bringing the Grace of God to victims of suicide; Gary P. Weeden  --; Pastoral reflections on suicide intervention; Timothy C. Tatum  --; Decision making and Dad; Joni Eareckson Tada  --; Personal reflections on the death of a teenage friend; Stan R. Kellner  --; Confidence betrayed : personal reflections on the suicide of a friend and mentor; John D. Hannah; 2
N2  - The questions raised in this volume are not simple, yet they are crucial to the future of our society. As author and advocate for the handicapped, Joni Eareckson Tada observes that there is a discernible disintegration of a "helping" society already taking place: "Euthanasia is now seen as a cure-all to societal problems such as rising public health-care costs and limited facility space for elderly and debilitated people. It's easier to kill than cure, or even care. Society is now assigning no positive value to suffering and is becoming more oriented toward a culture of comfort."
ER  -