Switch to: References

Add citations

You must login to add citations.
  1. Hebrew and buddhist selves: A constructive postmodern study.Nicholas F. Gier & Johnson Petta - 2007 - Asian Philosophy 17 (1):47 – 64.
    Our task will be to demonstrate that there are instructive parallels between Hebrew and Buddhist concepts of self. There are at least five main constituents (skandhas in Sanskrit) of the Hebrew self: (1) nepe as living being; (2) rah as indwelling spirit; (3) lb as heart-mind; (4) bāār as flesh; and (5) dām as blood. We will compare these with the five Buddhist skandhas: disposition (samskāra), consciousness (vijñāna), feeling (vedanā), perception (samjñā), and body (rpa). Generally, what we will discover is (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   1 citation  
  • Medicating the Soul: Why Medication Needs Stories.John Swinton - 2018 - Christian Bioethics 24 (3):302-318.
    This paper explores and develops a theological perspective on taking and receiving medication. It argues that the task of prescribing and administering psychopharmaceutical drugs is a thoroughly theological enterprise and should be looked at and practiced accordingly. The paper presents a theological anthropology that opens up space for rethinking the role of medication not only in relation to therapeutic intervention, but in relation to the chief end of human beings: to glorify God and live with God forever. Drawing on theology (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   1 citation