Christian integrity regained: Reformational worldview engagement for everyday medical practice

Jon Tilburt; Joel Pacyna; James Rusthoven

doi:10.1093/CB/CBAA005

Christian integrity regained: Reformational worldview engagement for everyday medical practice

Jon Tilburt, Joel Pacyna, James Rusthoven

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How does one committed to the claims of Christ and a biblical story of redemption live Christianly and navigate the competing worldviews encountered in everyday medical practice? Adopting the practical conceptual framework promoted by Reformed Christian philosopher and theologian Albert Wolters, we argue for an all-encompassing biblical understanding of God’s cosmic redemption plan for the entire creation order in contrast to a more typical sacred/secular duality. We then apply the concepts of structure and direction, drawn from a pretheological understanding of human life drawn from the Scripture, to a semi-fictional case study in discerning Christian faithfulness in everyday mundane aspects of medicine. Our subsequent analysis seeks to render an interpretation of what it means to live life consistent with that worldview when confronted with challenges like those presented in the case.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	163-173
Number of pages	11
Journal	Christian Bioethics
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/CB/CBAA005
State	Published - 2020

Keywords

Biblical
Moral distress
Pluralism
Reformed

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Religious studies
Philosophy

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