Animals and Christianity

What does the Christian tradition say about the condition and rights of animals? This helpful and timely anthology of selections from the Bible and from the great Christian thinkers of all times is an essential primer for those who care about animals. The book is organized around four themes--Attitudes to Creation; the Problem of Pain; the Question of Animal Redemption; and Reverence, Responsibilities, and Rights--and concludes with a section on practical issues--Animal Experimentation, Fur-Trapping, Hunting for Sport, Intensive Farming, and Killing for Food.This book includes selections from the following:the Bible, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, Karl Barth, St. Bonaventure, John Calvin, RenZcaron; Descartes, Austin Farrer, John Hick, St. Irenaeus, St. John of the Cross, C. S. Lewis, St. Thomas More, E. F. Schumacher, Albert Scheweitzer, Paul Tillich, Leo Tolstoy, Alec Vidler, John Wesley, and others

Introduction: 'A Great Ethic'	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Attitudes to Creation	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
On Creation, Covenant and Interdependence	p. 6
Old Testament Attitudes to Nature	p. 10
Man as Master over Creation	p. 17
The Pre-eminence of Man	p. 21
The Purpose of Creation	p. 23
Christology and Creation	p. 25
The Life of St Francis	p. 28
Cosmic Awareness	p. 34
The Problem of Pain	p. 37
Introduction	p. 39
On the Pains and Status of Animals	p. 42
Animals Are Machines	p. 45
Divine Indifference	p. 52
The Pains of Animals	p. 55
Explaining Animal Pain	p. 62
Providence and Compassion	p. 66
Theodicy and Animal Welfare	p. 71
The Question of Animal Redemption	p. 79
Introduction	p. 81
On Afterlife and Cosmic Redemption	p. 85
The Peace of the Rational Soul	p. 87
The Immortality of Brutes	p. 88
All Things in Christ	p. 91
Beautifying the Creatures	p. 93
Animals in Heaven?	p. 94
Christ as the Saviour of the Universe	p. 97
Speculation about Animals	p. 100
The General Deliverance	p. 101
Sentient Afterlife	p. 104
Redemption of Other Worlds	p. 106
Animal Resurrection	p. 107
Reverence, Responsibilities and Rights	p. 111
Introduction	p. 113
On the Right Treatment of Animals	p. 116
The Ethic of Reverence for Life	p. 118
A Reply to Schweitzer	p. 121
The Lawful Treatment of Animals	p. 124
The Duty of Mercy	p. 127
Animals Have No Rights	p. 130
The Theos-Rights of Animals	p. 131
A Critique of Animal Rights	p. 137
A Reply to Griffiths	p. 140
Positive and Negative Rights	p. 143
Practical Issues	p. 145
Introduction	p. 147
On Animal Sacrifices and Killing for Food	p. 152
Animal Experimentation	p. 156
The Question of Vivisection	p. 156
Justified Use of Animals	p. 158
A Case for Abolition	p. 160
Obligations to the Creator	p. 165
Fur-Trapping	p. 167
In Defence of Fur-Trapping	p. 167
A Reply to the Bishops	p. 170
Hunting for Sport	p. 174
Lawful Recreations	p. 174
Why Utopians Do Not Hunt	p. 175
Christian Faith and the Moral Aspect of Hunting	p. 176
The Right to Hunt	p. 179
Intensive Farming	p. 183
Ethical Issues in Intensive Farming	p. 183
Animals Are Ends-in-Themselves	p. 187
Justifiable Killing	p. 191
Killing for Food	p. 194
The First Step	p. 194
Sermon on Vegetarianism	p. 197
The Tyranny of Vegetarianism	p. 199
Empty Gluttony	p. 201
For Further Reading	p. 203
Notes on Contributors	p. 206
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