Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology

Contents

c o n t e n t s Foreword vii Introduction 1 Roberto Dell’Oro part 1 questioning at the boundary 1 Theological Anthropology and Bioethics 13 Roberto Dell’Oro 2 Vulnerability, Agency, and Human Flourishing 33 Alisa L. Carse 3 Pluralism, Truthfulness, and the Patience of Being 53 William Desmond part 2 dignity and integrity 4 Dignity and the Human as a Natural Kind 71 Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M. 5 On Being True to Form 89 Margaret E. Mohrmann 6 The Integrity Conundrum 103 Suzanne Holland part 3 vulnerability 7 Vulnerability and the Meaning of Illness: Reflections on Lived Experience 119 S. Kay Toombs 8 A Meditation on Vulnerability and Power 141 Richard M. Zaner 9 Vulnerability within the Body of Christ: Anointing of the Sick and Theological Anthropology 159 M. Therese Lysaught part 4 relationality 10 Gender and Human Relationality 185 Christine E. Gudorf 11 Bioethics, Relationships, and Participation in the Common Good 207 Lisa Sowle Cahill part 5 theological anthropology and praxis 12 Health Care and a Theological Anthropology 225 Carol Taylor, C.S.F.N. 13 Health Policy and a Theological Anthropology 231 Ron Hamel 14 Science and a Theological Anthropology 241 Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J. Toward a Richer Bioethics: A Conclusion 247 Edmund D. Pellegrino Contributors 271 Index 273 vi Contents ...