Compassion for Animals: Readings and Prayers

by Andrew Linzey (Editor)

Overview

Comprising a rich variety of quotations from some of the greatest thinkers in the Christian tradition, this new anthology will encourage a more sensitive and compassionate regard for the animal creation. Suitable for use by groups or individuals, Compassion for Animals will become a valuable resource for discussion and worship--whether in church, in school, or in the home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725238312
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Andrew Linzey has been described as "the greatest living writer on theology and animals" by Bishop John Austin Baker. He is the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God, and Why Animal Suffering Matters. He is also the author of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care and the coeditor of Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings, both published by Wipf and Stock.
Andrew Linzey has been described as "the greatest living writer on theology and animals" by Bishop John Austin Baker. He is the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God, and Why Animal Suffering Matters. He is also the author of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care and the coeditor of Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings, both published by Wipf and Stock.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword xi

Introduction: Preaching the Gospel to Every Creature xiii

1 Creation 1

2 Communion 21

3 Responsibility 39

4 Compassion 61

5 Redemption 77

Notes on Sources 91