Euthanasia and Patristic Tradition PB

“Both medical sciences and bioethical theories are neither neutral nor innocent - so at least it is claimed in this impressive book. Ioannis Bekos argues that modern bioethical theories often presuppose problematic anthropologies and mask power claims, which can and must be exposed with the aid of Christian theology and the Greek patristic tradition. This is a stimulating book that will help the reader re-examine their assumptions in critical and constructive ways.“Demetrios Bathrellos, Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies and Emory University”This book offers a critique of the anthropological assumptions that give rise to bioethics and of the resulting collapse of ethics into the management and regulation of life and death. The historical investigation of Western thought is conducted with generosity and respect, whilst the author demonstrates an alternative understanding of the human person that arises in the work of two seminal Eastern theologians. Readers will be inspired by this fresh reading of basic elements of Christian faith.“Susan Frank Parson, editor of Studies in Christian EthicsThis book is a window into the bewildering - for many Westerners - world of Eastern Christian ethics.Robin Gil,Theology 2020, Vol 123, pp.399

Ioannis Bekos lectures on Christian Ethics and Religious Education at the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus and the University of Cyprus, and is a member of the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee. He is the author of Which Ethics? Which Story? (En Plo, 2010), on the commentary of St Nicholas Cabasilas on the Divine Liturgy and the development of Christian ethics.