Nathan Carlin revisits the role of religion in bioethics, an increasingly secular enterprise, and argues that pastoral theologians can enrich moral imagination in bioethics by cultivating an aesthetic sensibility that is theologically-informed, psychologically-sophisticated, therapeutically-oriented, and experientially-grounded. To achieve these ends, Carlin employs Paul Tillich's method of correlation by positioning four principles of bioethics with four images of pastoral care.

• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Principlist Bioethics and Pastoral Theology


• Chapter 2: Respect for Autonomy and the Living Human Document


• Chapter 3: Nonmaleficence and the Circus Clown


• Chapter 4: Beneficence and the Diagnostician


• Chapter 5: Justice and the Living Human Web


• Epilogue

Nathan Carlin, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), is Associate Professor in the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), where he directs the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration for medical students. Dr. Carlin has published many articles and five previous books. He also holds the Samuel Karff Chair.