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This is a comprehensive study of euthanasia and assisted suicide. It traces the historical
debate, examines the legal status of such activity in different countries and explores the …

The purpose of this chapter is to address the issue of assisted dying from a Christian
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occupies central stage in today's social arena. Christians have long been concerned with …

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The traditional Christian focus concerning dying is on repentance, not dignity. The goal of a
traditional Christian death is not a pleasing, final chapter to life, but union with God: holiness …

The Christian church's aversion to suicide need not inform its position on voluntary active
euthanasia any more than it informs its understanding of the role Jesus played in securing …

We have always had the ability to commit suicide or request euthanasia in times of serious
illness. Yet these acts have been prohibited by the Christian tradition from early times. Some …

Is there an art of dying well? If human lives have a meaning—and we experience them as
profoundly meaningful—then so must our deaths and the deaths of our loved ones. Too …