Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings

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 René 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