#128 What are old people for? Christian discipleship and the demographic time bomb
With Prof John Wyatt
Further resources:
Recommended books:
- Dying Well by John Wyatt
- Finishing Well by Ian Knox
- The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister
- Dementia by John Swinton
- Becoming Friends of Time by John Swinton
- Finishing Well to the Glory of God by John Dunlop
- Thinking of You: a Resource for the Spiritual Care of People with Dementia by Joanna Collicutt
- Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil by John Swinton
Prof John Wyatt
John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship.
He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies.
He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates from the perspective of the Christian faith.
His book Matters of Life and Death – human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than ten languages. His most recent book is Transforming Friendship. He and his wife Celia are longstanding members of All Souls Church in London.
