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Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication

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Kinghorn, WA
Published in: Christian Bioethics
October 26, 2018

One in seven American adults takes medication to alter or to prevent unwanted experience or behavior. But, the prescription and use of psychiatric medication raises practically important theological and ethical questions for practitioners, for clergy, for scholars, and for people who take medication. How does the prescription and use of psychiatric medication shape imagination and belief about what it means to be human and about the relationship of the body to the acting person? To what extent does medication facilitate technological interpretation and engagement of human life and experience? How does medication use reflect and form modern individualism? How does medication affect human experiences and perceptions of God and of God's action? In this special issue of Christian Bioethics, five scholars from different disciplines- Jeffrey Bishop, M. Therese Lysaught, Warren Kinghorn, Susan Eastman, and John Swinton-engage the meaning of psychiatric medication for Christian bioethics and for faithful Christian practice.

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Published In

Christian Bioethics

DOI

EISSN

1744-4195

ISSN

1380-3603

Publication Date

October 26, 2018

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

216 / 223

Related Subject Headings

  • 5004 Religious studies
  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy
 

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Kinghorn, W. A. (2018). Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication. Christian Bioethics, 24(3), 216–223. https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cby007
Kinghorn, W. A. “Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication.” Christian Bioethics 24, no. 3 (October 26, 2018): 216–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cby007.
Kinghorn WA. Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication. Christian Bioethics. 2018 Oct 26;24(3):216–23.
Kinghorn, W. A. “Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication.” Christian Bioethics, vol. 24, no. 3, Oct. 2018, pp. 216–23. Scopus, doi:10.1093/cb/cby007.
Kinghorn WA. Taking our meds faithfully? Christian engagements with psychiatric medication. Christian Bioethics. 2018 Oct 26;24(3):216–223.
Journal cover image

Published In

Christian Bioethics

DOI

EISSN

1744-4195

ISSN

1380-3603

Publication Date

October 26, 2018

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

216 / 223

Related Subject Headings

  • 5004 Religious studies
  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy