Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication
One in seven American adults takes medication to alter or to prevent unwanted experience or behavior. But, the prescription and use of psychiatric medication raises practically important theological and ethical questions for practitioners, for clergy, for scholars, and for people who take medication...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 216-223 |
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science NCH Medical ethics ZD Psychology |
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| Summary: | One in seven American adults takes medication to alter or to prevent unwanted experience or behavior. But, the prescription and use of psychiatric medication raises practically important theological and ethical questions for practitioners, for clergy, for scholars, and for people who take medication. How does the prescription and use of psychiatric medication shape imagination and belief about what it means to be human and about the relationship of the body to the acting person? To what extent does medication facilitate technological interpretation and engagement of human life and experience? How does medication use reflect and form modern individualism? How does medication affect human experiences and perceptions of God and of God's action? In this special issue of Christian Bioethics, five scholars from different disciplines-Jeffrey Bishop, M. Therese Lysaught, Warren Kinghorn, Susan Eastman, and John Swinton-engage the meaning of psychiatric medication for Christian bioethics and for faithful Christian practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-4195 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/cb/cby007 |