Trinity's Kilner receives award for excellence in bioethics
John F. Kilner, professor of bioethics and contemporary culture and director of bioethics degree programs at Trinity International University, was recently awarded the 2015 Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics by The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network.
The annual award is given to those who have demonstrated exemplary achievement in the field of bioethics.
"In the important effort to think in Christian terms about bioethical concerns, John Kilner has for decades been a significant figure," said Gilbert Meilaender, the CBCN's Paul Ramsey Institute Scholar. "Both in his own writing and, perhaps even more, in his ability to draw others into shared projects, John has helped us all reflect seriously on the ways in which Christian belief can respond to issues raised by clinical and research medicine."
From 1994-2005, Kilner served as president and CEO of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity at Trinity, and presently serves as a senior fellow in their Academy of Fellows. He holds the endowed Forman Chair of Christian Ethics and Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Kilner has been interviewed in such television venues as NBC (with Tom Brokaw), Fox News (with Bill O'Reilly), CBS, CNN and PAX; such radio venues as National Public Radio, Moody Broadcasting Network and Salem Network; and such newspaper venues as The New York Times, Washington Times and Chicago Tribune. His articles have appeared in the Hastings Center Report; Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law; American Journal of Public Health; Archives of Internal Medicine, Hospital Practice; and Ethics & Medicine. He has written or edited more than 20 books, including the forthcoming "Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God."
The Paul Ramsey Award is named for one of the most important American Christian ethicists of the 20th century. Ramsey's writings and commitment to the sanctity and dignity of human life decisively shaped moral discourse and reflection in the areas of theology, law, politics and medicine. The award honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the bioethics discussion and are actively engaged in society; facing the challenges of the 21st century, profoundly defending the dignity of humankind, and enthusiastically embracing ethical biotechnology for the human good.
"All of us who are involved in the work of the Trinity community offer our heartiest congratulations to Professor Kilner on this prestigious and well-deserved award," Trinity President David S. Dockery said. "John Kilner always represents Trinity with excellence. He is a most worthy recipient of this award, representing well those attributes that characterized the brilliant work of Paul Ramsey."
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