In the context of an ageing population and the consequence of many people suffering years of painful terminal illness, a re-evaluation of assisted dying is imperative. John Parratt maintains that the Church's opposition to assisted dying has been based on secular, rather than theological, arguments. In this book, John Parratt argues that the debate must be informed by a deeper consideration of what Christian theology means by life, human autonomy, death and the afterlife, pain, and compassion. Throughout the book he seeks to relate the theological perspective to medical, legal, and secular ethical considerations of assisted dying.