Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-Of-Life Ethics

Travis Pickell explores the paradoxes of choice in modern dying and the ways Christian theology can aid...
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Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-Of-Life Ethics by Pickell, Travis

Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-Of-Life Ethics

BD$125.33

Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-Of-Life Ethics

BD$125.33
Author: Travis Pickell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Travis Pickell explores the paradoxes of choice in modern dying and the ways Christian theology can aid in navigating the relationship between moral agency and dignity at the end of life.

Burdened Agency addresses the problem of death and dying through Christian theology and ethics. In previous centuries, death was something that simply "happened" to us. To choose how or when one died was the exception, not the rule. However, due to advances in modern medicine, individuals are increasingly required to make concrete choices about the nature and timing of death. Modernity, with its emphasis on individualism, complicates this further because we are increasingly bereft of cultural and religious guidance regarding death. This gives rise to the phenomenon of "burdened agency" the predicament of having to make such difficult choices with so little to help us.

This engaging book offers a historical and philosophical account of the origins of our situation of burdened agency, as well as a Christian solution to the problems that it raises. Looking to theologians such as Karl Rahner, Karl Barth, and Stanley Hauerwas, Pickell devises a radically countercultural approach to death and dying rooted in Christian theological commitments and enacted in the practices of baptism, Eucharist, and prayer.



Author: Travis Pickell
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 08/15/2024
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780268208417

About the Author

Travis Pickell is an assistant professor of theology and ethics at George Fox University, where he also directs the Character Virtue Initiative and the Cornerstone Core curriculum.


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