Book Recommendation: Christianity and Modern Medicine

May 17, 2022 Managing Editor

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Bioethics provides a revelatory snapshot of deep worldview divides in our society today, as well as a nearly unparalleled opportunity for outreach and faithful witness. As a result, it is a topic of great importance and bound to become only more so in a culture increasingly bereft of resources to take principled stances against abortion on demand, problematic transgender policies, and embryonic stem cell research. More positively, a distinctively Christian bioethic can, in contrast, effectively posit grounds for understanding human persons as infinitely valuable and ends in themselves, whose worth is neither a function of their abilities nor diminished by handicaps. My dear friend and former colleague Mark Foreman, with invaluable assistance by Lindsay Leonard, have written <i>Christianity and Modern Medicine: Foundations for Bioethics</i>, and in the process have contributed an important, powerful, and persuasive voice—and eminently readable book—into this vitally important arena. It is with enthusiasm that I endorse their project and recommend their excellent and laudable work.

David Baggett, Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Center for the Foundations of Ethics, Houston Baptist University