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Journals
Verba Vitae, an academic journal on sanctity of life issues from a pan-Lutheran perspective (pan-Lutheran means that the journal includes contributions from members of non-LCMS Lutheran congregations and church bodies). The content is currently free to download and read, and may be accessed at https://verba-vitae.org/index.php/vvj (accessed 2 April, AD 2025).
Books
Dennis R. Di Mauro, A Love for Life, Christianity’s Consistent Protection of the Unborn (Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2008)
Ian Dowbiggin, A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God and Medicine (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
Richard C. Eyer, Holy People, Holy Lives, Law and Gospel in Bioethics (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2000)
Michael J. Gorman, Abortion & the Early Church: Christian, Jewish & Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World (Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 1998)
Gifford A. Grobien, Gen. Ed., Ethics of Sex, From Taboo to Delight (St. Louis: CPH, 2017)
Edna Hong, Bright Valley of Love, The true story of a handicapped child who finds a haven of love in the nightmare of Nazi Germany (Ft. Wayne: Concordia Theological Seminary Press, 2021)
John W. Kleinig, Wonderfully Made, A Protestant Theology of the Body (Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2021)
Lutherans For Life, Grounded in God’s Word: Commentaries on Life (St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 2018)
Gilbert Meilaender, Bioethics, A Primer for Christians, Fourth Edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020)
Gilbert Meilaender, Christian Ethics, A Short Companion (Brentwood: B&H Academic, 2024)
Gilbert C. Meilaender, Faith & Faithfulness: Basic Themes in Christian Ethics (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1991)
John T. Pless, A Small Catechism on Human Life (St. Louis: LCMS Life Ministries, 2023)
Peter Preus, I Will Grieve for the Suicide: Gospel Comfort for Loved Ones Left Behind (St. Louis: The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2021). A free electronic version may be downloaded at https://resources.lcms.org/reading-study/i-will-grieve-for-the-suicide/ (accessed 2 April, AD 2025)
Gregory P. Schulz, The Problem of Suffering: A Father’s Hope (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011)
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