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CASE news 12 April 2010

CASE News

The regular email newsletter from the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education


1. Second CASE conference on medical ethics: Saturday 27 March 2010
We ran a very successful Medical Ethics conference on the 27th March.  The MP3 podcasts are now available on the CASE website here.
The talks are as follows:
Dr Rod Benson ‘A Biblical View of Death’
Dr Russell Clarke ‘Attitudes to Ageing: Biological and Biblical Insights’
Dr Megan Best ‘The Ethical Dilemmas of Euthanasia’
Mrs Kate Bradford ‘What Can We Say? Sharing Christian Faith with People Facing End of Life Issues’
Dr Frank Brennan ‘The Ethical Challenges of Palliative Care’
Dr Megan Best ‘Advanced Directives’

For information on the conference and all links here.


2. Latest posts on the CASE Blog
In our CASE blog we seek to engage with issues and ideas that are relevant to contemporary life. We welcome your comments and feedback. Some of our recent blog posts are:
God Beyond Borders
Lama Sabachtani
Dying well
Faith in what?
The Tyranny and Challenge of Time

3. Case # 22 out this week
Case Magazine #22 is on the theme “God without Borders” and should be in mail boxes this week.  Our hope for this edition is to bring a range of theological and other disciplinary approaches to bear on the problems of life and the overlapping of local, global, national, and international spheres.  How do we make sense of the various layers of community, solidarity and ethical relationships created by the relations of these spheres?  What new historical conditions has globalization brought about?  We have a great list of articles and authors including: Stanley Hauerwas, Andrew Sloane, Matthew Tan, Luke Glanville, Erin Goheen, John Shellard, and reviews by Stuart Barton Babbage and Andrew Errington.


Become a CASE Associate to receive your copy of Case #22 and the subsequent three issues of Case magazine. By becoming a CASE associate you will also receive discounts/free entry to CASE events and will have access to associates-only resources on our CASE website. To find out more about becoming a CASE associate member click here .


Hope you enjoy our latest offerings,


Trevor Cairney
Director, Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education (CASE)
New College, University of NSW, 2052.
Ph: +61 2 9381 1999 F: +61 2 9381 1909.
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CASE Medical Ethics Conference Saturday 27 March 2010 MP3 Audio AVAILABLE NOW

CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE END OF LIFE

CASE had its latest conference on medical ethics on the 27th March 2010 titled ‘Christian Perspectives on the End of Life’. It was a follow on from our first medical ethics conference in 2009, ‘Medical Ethics: Perspectives on Life and Death’. The speakers included Dr Megan Best, Dr Frank Brennan, Rev Rod Benson, Dr Russell Clark and Kate Bradford. 120 people attended it from varied backgrounds - health professionals of all kinds, students, carers, hospital chaplains and interested members of the public.

Talk 1 Dr Rod Benson ‘A Biblical View of Death’
Talk 2 Dr Russell Clarke ‘Attitudes to Ageing: Biological and Biblical Insights’
Talk 3 Dr Megan Best ‘The Ethical Dilemmas of Euthanasia’
Talk 4 Mrs Kate Bradford ‘What Can We Say? Sharing Christian Faith with People Facing End of Life Issues’
Talk 5 Dr Frank Brennan ‘The Ethical Challenges of Palliative Care’
Talk 6 Dr Megan Best ‘Advanced Directives’