God and Non-Human Animals

By (author) Simon Kittle

ISBN13: 9781009598392

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 30/04/2025

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Description
This Element explores the relevance of non-human animals to theology. It suggests that while Christian theology has so far been a thoroughly anthropocentric discipline, there are good reasons for treating animals as subjects worthy of theological reflection in their own right. The Element considers animals in the context of Christian ethics, investigates whether the violence and suffering found in evolutionary processes can be reconciled with a good God, and surveys some of the ways key theological doctrines may need to be altered in the light of what contemporary science teaches about human animals and non-humans.
1. Animals and theology; 2. Non-sapiens and Christian ethics; 3. Evolutionary violence and the character of god; 4. Non-sapiens, the image of god, redemption; References.
  • Theology
  • Nature & existence of God
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