Animal Gospel

by Linzey, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780664221935
• ISBN10: 0664221939
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp

Summary

Our treatment of animals is a gospel issue, Andrew Linzey contends, because those individuals and institutions that could have become the voice of God's most vulnerable creatures have instead justified cruelty and oppression. He offers an inspiring personal account of the gospel truths that have sustained his commitment to the cause of animals for more than twenty-five years.

Author Biography

Andrew Linzey holds the world's first post in Christian theology and animal welfare at Mansfield College, Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Christian Credo for Animals	1	(10)
PART 1: The Gospel for Every Creature
Overview: Gospel Truths about Animals	11	(7)
For God So Loved the World	18	(7)
Unfinished and Unredeemed Creation	25	(8)
The Rights of God's Creatures	33	(9)
Animals as a Case of Theological Neglect	42	(5)
Animal Rights as Religious Vision	47	(9)
Why Church Teaching Perpetuates Cruelty	56	(8)
The Christ-like Innocence of Animals	64	(7)
PART 2: Disengaging from the Works of Darkness
Overview: The Dream Dreams Us	71	(15)
Moral Means to Moral Ends	86	(6)
Toward Cruelty-free Science	92	(7)
Brave New Unnatural World	99	(8)
Ethical Objections to Cloning	107	(9)
Bishops Say No to Fur	116	(7)
Works of Darkness, Signs of Light	123	(17)
Christ-like Ministry to Other Creatures	140	(13)
Notes	153