Creatures of the Same God: Explorations in Animal Theology - Couverture rigide

Linzey, Andrew

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9781906113001: Creatures of the Same God: Explorations in Animal Theology

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ISBN 10 : 1906113009 ISBN 13 : 9781906113001

Editeur : Winchester University Press, 2007

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

"I don't know why you're spending all your time on this. They're only animals - for heaven's sake! That was the reaction of one of Andrew Linzey's fellow students at King's College, London, when he was studying theology in the 1970s. Since then, the now Rev. Dr. Andrew Linzey has been arguing that animals aren't only anything, but rather that they matter to God and should do so to us. In this collection of essays, Linzey counters with his customary wit, erudition and insight, some contemporary (and perhaps surprising) challenges to animal rights - from ecotheologians, the Church and politicians. He contends that far from the sometimes shallow judgments of those who think animals unworthy of theological consideration, the Christian tradition has a wellspring of sources and resources available to taking animals seriously. Instead of being marginal to the Christian experience, Linzey concludes, animals can take their rightful place alongside human beings as creatures of the same God.

Biographie de l'auteur :

The Reverend Professor Andrew Linzey, PhD, DD, is a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He was previously Senior Research Fellow in Theology and Animal Welfare at Mansfield College, and Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 1992-2006. From 1992 to 1996, he was also Special Professor in Theology at the University of Nottingham, England. In 1998, he was Visiting Professor at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently Honorary Professor in Theology at the University of Birmingham, England, and Special Professor at Saint Xavier University, Chicago.

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