Updates and Activities (Winter 2023)

Staff Updates: 

• Matthew:
  • Continued working with an educational coalition regarding assisted suicide.
  • Provided an update on current bioethics issues and the Center’s work to the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
  • Spoke on “The Future of Bioethics” at Naval Station Great Lakes to mark the 248^th Anniversary of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps.
  • Published “Artificial Intelligence: More Than Byte-Sized Issues,” Intersections, December 19, 2023: www.cbhd.org/intersections/artificial-intelligence-more-than-byte-sized-issues.
• Bryan: 
  • Published “Trans-Insubstantiation: Transgender Care & the Practice of Medicine,” Salvo 67 (2023): https://salvomag.com/article/salvo67/trans-insubstantiation.
• Heather: 
  • Appeared in a regular spot on Mornings with Carmen, where she talks about bioethics and science news headlines.
  • Published “The End of the Story,” Comment Magazine, November 16, 2023, https://comment.org/the-end-of-the-story/.

Most Read of CBHD Resources 2023: 

• Top 3 Dignitas Articles:
  • Scott Stiegemeyer, “Theological Anthropology for Bioethics,” Dignitas 30, no. 1 (2023): 13–21, www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/theological-anthropology-for-bioethics.
  • Catherine L. McDowell, “On Being Human: Some Biblical and Theological Reflections,” Dignitas 30, no. 3 (2023): 3–7, www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/on-being-human-some-biblical-and-theological-reflections.
• Top 3 Intersections Pieces: 
  • J. Alan Branch, “Compassion, Suffering, and Moral Convictions: The Response to Gender Reassignment Surgery,” November 14, 2023,
  • www.cbhd.org/intersections/compassion-suffering-and-moral-convictions-the-response-to-gender-reassignment-surgery.
  • Bryan A. Just, “Embodied Souls and Ensouled Bodies,” January 20, 2023, www.cbhd.org/intersections/embodied-souls-and-ensouled-bodies.
  • Tanner Whetzel, “How Then Shall We Act: A Christian Worldview of Engendered Bodies and Engagement with Transgenderism,” September 21, 2023, www.cbhd.org/intersections/how-then-shall-we-act-a-christian-worldview-of-engendered-bodies-and-engagement-with-transgenderism.
• Top 3 Bioethics Podcast Episodes: 
  • Edmund Pellegrino (2002), “The Needs of the Patient vs. the Needs of Others,” March 25, 2023, https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/edmund-pellegrino-2002-the-needs-of-the-patient-vs-the-needs-of-others.
  • Gilbert Meilaender (2023), “The Meaning of Children: Competing Narratives,” July 17, 2023, https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/gilbert-meilaender-2023-the-meaning-of-children-competing-narratives.
  • Matthew Eppinette (2023), “Bioethics Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” September 13, 2023, https://www.cbhd.org/podcast/matthew-eppinette-2023-bioethics-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow.