Today, we have Dr. John F. Kilner on The Way Home Podcast! John Kilner is the recently retired Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author, contributor, and editor to over 20 books and has contributed to and written in many mainstream publications. Today on The Way Home Podcast, Dan and John discuss Christianity’s relationship to Bioethics through the lens of the image of God and innate human dignity. If you want to learn more about, or simply learn more about Dr. Kilner’s work, then this episode is for you!
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Show Notes
John Kilner: Is the former Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of Bioethics Degree Programs at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and CEO. He presently serves as an Emeritus Fellow in the Academy of Fellows of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. A frequent speaker and seminar leader, he most commonly addresses issues related to resource allocation, age-based and other forms of rationing, treatment termination, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, human cloning, assisted reproduction, genetic intervention, stem cell research, ethical methodology, cultural values, and social change.
Guest’s Social Media:
Twitter/X: @johnkilner
Facebook: John Kilner
Guest’s Books: Why the Church Needs Bioethics: A Guide to Wise Engagement with Life’s Challenges(2011), Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God(2015), Why People Matter: A Christian Engagement with Rival Views of Human Significance (2017).