Teeth and Talons Whetted for Slaughter
Teeth and Talons Whetted for Slaughter

Author: Piet Slootweg

Publisher: Summum Academic

Published: 2022-04-30

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 9492701421

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Is a life cycle that depends on eating or being eaten compatible with a creation in which 'the heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork'? Are animal death and extinction manifestations of a good God's majesty and power? When creating the world, did God use animal death and extinction as a means to realize his intentions? This study challenges the view that the emergence and acceptance of the theory of evolution brought a break in thinking about animal suffering in a good creation. Even before Darwin, people thought about animal suffering, about how God's goodness and good creation related to this, and about whether animals were already subject to death in paradise. Historically, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution did not form a watershed in the debate about animal suffering, nor did concerns about animal suffering only emerge with the Darwinian theory of evolution.

Christianity and the Rights of Animals
Christianity and the Rights of Animals

Author: Andrew Linzey

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1498291953

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Christian concern about how we treat animals has increased strikingly in recent years. More and more Christians are deciding that our attitudes toward animals must change. Here is a book that presents, for the first time, a comprehensive and well-argued theological case for the rights of animals, and offers a challenging critique of our existing insensitivity toward animal life. Everyone who cares about the rights of animals, particularly clergy and ministers who are constantly being asked for answers on the issue, will welcome this new and important book.

Beautiful Joe
Beautiful Joe

Author: Margaret Marshall Saunders

Publisher: Broadview Press

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1460402286

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One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in North America, Margaret Marshall Saunders’s Beautiful Joe tells the story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane family. The novel, based on the true story of a dog in the author’s home province of Ontario, fuelled humane sentiments worldwide. This annotated, illustrated edition draws on archival collections to trace the novel’s impact on the nineteenth-century animal protection movement. The introduction also highlights some of the important social issues surrounding the substantive revisions and omissions in ensuing editions of the text. The historical appendices place the novel in its rich milieu as an international bestseller that taught a generation of children to practice kindness towards animals. Documents include animal training manuals, lesson plans for teaching humane education, legal records of prosecutions for cruelty, and contemporary writings on the psychology of pet-keeping.

Immortal Animal Souls
Immortal Animal Souls

Author: Rod Preece

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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Does our close relationship with the sentient beings who give us so much emotional and physical comfort indicate they have immortal souls? Preece (emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier U.) goes far beyond this simple question in his collection of debates, subtitled Joseph Hamilton's Animal Futurity (1877) Together with the Debate among Karkeek, Spooner, and Manthorp on "The Future Existence of the Brute Creation" in The Veterinarian 1839-1840. The issue is charged not only because human deliberation over animal immortality is also human deliberation about human immortality, but also because claiming strictly human immortality is a type of chauvinism that extends to deny non-human animals the respect they deserve. In the series of debates and Hamilton's text reprinted here, both sides skate along the edge of philosophy and theology while making points in the good old eclectic Victorian way with citations from a range of disciplines. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

After Noah
After Noah

Author: Andrew Linzey

Publisher: Mowbray

Published: 1997-01-12

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive study of Jewish and Christian teaching about animals, this text argues that the treatment of animals is not only a moral issue, but also a theological and spiritual one. The authors show how Jews and Christians have often failed to promote a compassionate and sensitive regard for animals. The text argues that the way we treat animals is a benchmark of the kind of society we are, and that in recognizing the true, and biblically based, value of animals, we liberate ourselves from the idolatry which is to be found at the heart of much contemporary spirituality. It is addressed to all people of faith who believe that, in devaluing animals, we ultimately devalue ourselves and our own souls.