Pastoraat met het oog op het (autonome) levenseinde

Samenvatting

This article explores the ways in which Christian pastoral care can navigate the ambiguous secular environment with respect to death and dying. It employs a method of ‘retrieval’ that attempts to orchestrate a conversation between theological key notions from the rich Christian past and contemporary Western culture. The second part provides an outline for a pastoral theology that enables end-of-life care and offers guidelines for guidance in situations of euthanasia.