  Book Reviews A Different Death: Euthanasia and the Christian Tradition Edward J. Larson and Darrel W. Amundsen (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998, 288 pp., $14.99) Reviewed by Robert P. Mills Wednesday, November 18, 1998 |
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In 1997 Oregon voters legalized physician-assisted suicide. Bioethicist Arthur Caplan said of the vote, “You think this is the end? Ha, ha. This is just the beginning.” Recognizing the chilling truth of Caplan’s claim, Larson and Amundsen have written A Different Death “to assist readers to reexamine the issues of euthanasia and suicide in light of the historic Christian faith.” Both Larson, a Pulitzer Prize winning author and professor of law and history, and Amundsen, a professor of classics, have been involved in the euthanasia debate for many years. Their background and experience is evident throughout the book’s first seven chapters, which trace the history of Christian thought on suicide and euthanasia from pre-Christian times through the modern era. Their concluding chapters summarize current laws and court decisions and outline avenues of Christian participation in debates that will surely intensify in the coming years. Christians who want to have a faithful and cogent voice in public and ecclesiastical discussions of euthanasia will find this book an invaluable resource. |
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| The Presbyterian Layman Nov/Dec 1998 | ||
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