Why Christians Should Help Addicts Shoot Up: A Defense of Safe Injection Sites

Speaker(s): John Stackhouse, Meera Bai
Date: October 5 2011
Length: 95 min
Product ID: RGDL4100X

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Regent grad and registered nurse Meera Bai worked in Vancouver at InSite, Canada's first safe-injection facility. Now she and Regent professor John Stackhouse team up for an Evening Public Lecture to explore the harm-reduction approach to Christian ethics.

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John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is the Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University in New Brunswick. Prior to this, he was the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He serves as an advisory editor at Christianity Today, a contributing editor at Books & Culture, and a columnist for Faith Today. He is the author of eight books, including Need to Know: Vocation as the Heart of Christian Epistemology, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World, and Can God be Trusted?: Faith and the Challenge of Evil, as well as the co-author, editor, and co-editor of seven more. His articles have been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Atlantic, Time, and Reader's Digest.

Meera Baiis a registered nurse and a former worker at InSite. She is a graduate of the University of Calgary School of Nursing and a graduate of Regent College with a Master's degree in Christian Studies.

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