Abstract
Theologians at the Bedside: On the Role of Theology in Contemporary Bioethical Discourse
Highlights
One of the major challenges for theologians today is to find their role and mission in relation to representatives of other disciplines. Many think that this role cannot be anything else but being the odd one out since theologians start from a point which happens to be alien for contemporary secularised thinking: the revelation of God
The specific phenomena of the physical, biological, or the social cannot be explained with a reference to God, since this would mean violating the limits of the specific discipline but would turn God into a kind of padding to fill the gaps of an academic theory
Treating God as a tool to save a theory would certainly be turned down by theologians working on an academic level
Summary
It is important to take a closer look at this exceptional freedom of theologians at the bedside. The first and main hazard in this field is the static warfare which pro-life and pro-choice groups have been fighting from entrenched positions for a long time now. The first and main hazard in this field is the static warfare which pro-life and pro-choice groups have been fighting from entrenched positions for a long time This war is fought over questions like When does life begin? It is necessary to consider what biology says about embryogenesis as as the arguments concerning the protection of the embryo’s life, be it absolute or gradual. They are important from the aspect of legal regulation and may determine the scope of our choices in a given situation. Questions and topics come into prominence, which could only exist on the periphery of bioethical discussions
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