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Choosing life : a dialogue on Evangelium vitae / edited by Kevin Wm. Wildes, Alan C. Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005.
- Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II). Evangelium vitae.
- Catholic Church.
- Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Abortion.
- Euthanasia--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Euthanasia.
- Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Capital punishment.
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 272 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Evangelium Vitae, or "The Gospel of Life," Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical, addresses practical and moral questions that touch on the sacredness of human life: abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and capital punishment. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines--law, medicine, philosophy, and theology--and from various religious perspectives discuss and interpret the Pope's teachings on these complex moral issues.
- Notes:
- A collection of revised essays from a symposium on Evangelium vitae organized at Georgetown University, Nov. 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0878406468
- OCLC:
- 35770978
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