# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S208
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THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS­­—COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS
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-----. Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017.

Pless, John T. and Jacob A. Corzine. Faith in the Shadow of a Pandemic. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2020.

-----. “Preface to the Psalter,” Luther’s Works 35:Word and Sacrament I, edited by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald and Helmut T.
Lehmann. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1999.

Pless, John T. A Small Catechism on Human Life. St. Louis: LCMS World Relief and Human Care, 2006.

-----. “Psalm 90” (1534), trans. Paul M. Bretscher. Luther’s Works 13, edited by Jaroslav Pelikan. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House,
1956.
Lutheran Service Book: Pastoral Care Companion. Commission on Worship of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. St. Louis:
Concordia Publishing House, 2007.

-----. “Luther’s Answer to the Purpose Driven Death.” In Martin Luther: Preacher of the Cross. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2013.
-----. “Luther’s Reading of Psalm 90: The Eschatology of Pastoral Theology.” In Take Courage: Essays in Honor of Harold Senkbeil, edited by
Timothy J. Pauls and Mark A. Pierson. Irvine: New Reformation Publications, 2020.
-----. Mercy at Life’s End: A Guide for Laity and Their Pastors. St. Louis: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, 2013.

Lynn, Joanne and James F. Childress. “Must Patients Always Be Given Food and Water?” In By No Extraordinary Means, edited by J. Lynn.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986.

Pollard, Brian, Current Euthanasia Law in the Netherlands. Catholic Education Resource Center, 2003. https://www.catholiceducation.org/
en/controversy/euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide/current-euthanasia-law-in-the-netherlands.html.

Lysaught, M. Therese and Joseph J. Kotva Jr., eds. On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2012.

“Polling on Medical Aid in Dying.” Compassion & Choices. https://www.compassionandchoices.org/resources/polling-medical-aid-dying.

Marty, Martin E. Health and Medicine in the Lutheran Tradition. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1983.
-----. Review of Regulating Death: Euthanasia and the Care of the Netherlands by Carlos Gomez. Commonweal 8 (Nov. 8, 1991): 665.
Meilaender, Gilbert. Bioethics and the Character of Human Life. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2020. Particularly see the following chapters:
“How Not to Write (or Think) about Euthanasia” (103–08), “Gifts of the Body: Procuring Organs for Transplant” (109–20), “Comforting
When We Cannot Heal: The Ethics of Palliative Sedation” (121–32), and “Christian Living Toward Dying” (133–43).

“Position Statements: Artificially-Administered Nutrition and Hydration.” Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA), March 23,
2022. https://cmda.org/policy-issues-home/position-statements/.
Quill, Timothy E. “Death and Dignity.” In Last Rights? Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated, edited by Michael M. Uhlmann. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
-----. “Death with Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making.” New England Journal of Medicine 324, no. 10 (March 7, 1991):
691–94.

-----. Bioethics: A Primer for Christians, 4th ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020.

Rae, Scott B. and Paul M. Cox. Bioethics: A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

-----. “I Want to Burden My Loved Ones.” First Things (Oct. 1991): 12–14. https://www.firstthings.com/
article/2010/03/i-want-to-burden-my-loved-ones.

Ramsey, Paul. “The Indignity of ‘Death with Dignity.’” In On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd ed, edited by M.
Therese Lysaught and Joseph J. Kotva Jr. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.

-----. “Living Life’s End.” The Freedom of a Christian: Grace, Vocation, and the Meaning of Our Humanity. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2006.
www.firstthings.com/article/2005/05/living-lifes-end.

“Rare Diseases.” PhRMA. https://phrma.org/scientific-innovation/progress-in-fighting-rare-diseases?.

-----. Neither Beast Nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person. San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2009.

Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. https://english.euthanasiecommissie.nl/the-committees/documents/publications/
annual-reports/2002/annual-reports/annual-reports.

-----. Should We Live Forever? The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013.

Reinis, Austra. Reforming the Art of Dying: The Ars Moriendi in the German Reformation (1519–1528). Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2007.

-----. “The Confused, the Voiceless, the Perverse: Shall We Give Them Food and Drink?” Issues in Law & Medicine 2 (1986): 133–48.

Rittgers, Ronald K. A Widower’s Lament: The Pious Meditations of Johann Christoph Oelhafen. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021.

-----. “Who Decides.” On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd ed., Section 154, edited by M. Therese Lysaught
and Joseph J. Kotva Jr. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.

-----. The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2012.

Mueller, Norbert and George Kraus. “Applying Word and Sacrament to the Dying and Bereaved.” In Pastoral Theology. St. Louis: Concordia
Publishing House, 1990.

Ronnevik, Andrew. “Lutheran Conceptions of Human Dignity in a Global Context: A Conversation with Indian Dalits and European/
Americans.” Dialog: A Journal of Theology 59, no. 4 (December 2020): 325–33.

Neuhaus, Richard John. “Death and Dignity.” The Religion and Society Report October/November 1987.

Salemink, Michael. Going Gracefully. Lutherans for Life. https://lutheransforlife.org/article/going-gracefully/.

Ngien, Dennis. Fruit for the Soul: Luther on the Lament Psalms. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015.

Sauter, Gerhard. “Dying with Dignity?” In God and Human Dignity, edited by R.K. Soulen and Linda Woodhead. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2006.

Nicolai, Philipp. Freuden Spiegel des Ewigen Lebens. Halle: Bertag von Richard Mühlmann, 1854.
-----. The Joy of Eternal Life. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2021.

Schulz, Gregory P. The Fellowship of His Sufferings: Four Briefings. Gregory P. Schulz, 2020.

Nolan, Kathleen. “In Death’s Shadow: The Meanings of Withholding Resuscitation.” Hastings Center Report (Nov. 1987): 9–14.

Shmerling, Robert H. “Where People Die.” Harvard Health Blog Oct. 31, 2018. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/
where-people-die-2018103115278.

Otten, Joyce. “The Spiritual Dilemma.” Illness, Crises and Loss: Multidisciplinary Linkages 1 (Summer 1991): 22–26.

Shuman, Joel and Volck. Reclaiming the Body: Christians and the Faithful Use of Modern Medicine. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2006.

Paulson, Steven. “Endings and Beginnings: Death and Resurrection.” Dialog 38 (Winter 1999): 26–34.

Smith, David H. Health and Medicine in the Anglican Tradition. New York: Crossroad, 1986.
Smith, Wesley J. Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2000.

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Stahl, Ronit Y., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel. “Physicians, Not Conscripts — Conscientious Objection in Health Care.” New England Journal of
Medicine 376 (6 April 2017): 1380–85.
Steinke, Paul. “Comfort in the Face of Death.” The Lutheran Witness (May 1998).
Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society. President’s Council on Bioethics. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/
handle/10822/559378/taking_care.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
“The Basics on Advance Directives: Thy Will Be Done.” Lutherans for Life. https://lutheransforlife.org/article/
the-basics-on-advance-directives-thy-will-be-done/.
Thielicke, Helmut. Death and Life. Trans. Edward Schroeder. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1970.
-----. Living with Dying. Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.
-----. The Doctor as Judge of Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1976.
-----. Theological Ethics, vol 1: Foundations. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1966.
Trueman, Carl R., The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution.
Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2020.
“UAE Woman Munira Abdulla Wakes Up After 27 Years in a Coma.” BBC News (April 23, 2019). https://www.bbc.com/news/
world-middle-east-48020481.
“Unexplained 7-fold Variation in Euthanasia Rates Across Netherlands.” British Medical Journal. https://medicalxpress.com/
news/2021-01-unexplained-fold-variation-euthanasia-netherlands.html.
Uhlmann, Michael. Last Rights? Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
VanDrunen, David. Bioethics and the Christian Life. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2009. See especially “Suicide, Euthanasia, and the Distinction
Between Killing and Letting Die.”
Van Gijn, Dionne Frijns, Esther M. M. van de Glind, Barbara C. van Munster and Marije E. Hamaker. “The Chance of Survival and the
Functional Outcome After In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Older People: A Systematic Review.” Age and Ageing 43.4 (July
2014): 456–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu035.
Warneck, Richard H. Pastoral Ministry: Theology and Practice. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2018.
Waters, Brent. This Mortal Flesh: Incarnation and Bioethics. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2009.

A D D I T I O N A L R E SO U RC E S
Christians for Life (WELS): christianliferesources.com
Concordia Bioethics Institute: cuw.edu/departments/institutes/bioethics
LCMS Life Ministries: lcms.org/life
Lutherans for Life: lutheransforlife.org
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: cbhd.org

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