Christian Theology and the Status of Animals [electronic resource] : The Dominant Tradition and Its Alternatives /
McLaughlin, R.author.
The author argues that there are conflicting traditions with regard to the question of what is the moral standing of animals according to Christianity. The dominant tradition maintains that animals are primarily resources but there are alternative strands of Christian thought that challenge this view.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Thomas Aquinas and the Dominant Tradition; The question of Aquinas's eco-theological legacy; Aquinas's theological framework and nonhuman animals; Aquinas's indirect protection of nonhuman animals; Conclusion; 2 The Dominant Tradition and the Magisterium; Vatican II; Pope John Paul II; Pope Benedict XVI; Bishops' statements; The catechism; By way of summation and conclusion; 3 Theology and the Reconfiguration of Difference; Historical hierarchy and ecological conscientiousness
Foundational questions and a third optionExploring differentiation in theology; The theological paradigm of differentiation; Conclusion; 4 In Via toward an Animal-Inclusive Eschaton; Prelapsarian views and eschatological hopes; The present: evidences of the eschaton; Filling in the framework; Beyond conservation in the Christian tradition; Conclusion; 5 Breaking with Anthropocentrism: Genesis 1; Bearing the image of a particular God: Elohim versus Marduk; Reflecting Elohim to nonhuman animals: Genesis 1:26-29; From dominion to fear: Genesis 1:28-29 and Genesis 9:1-3
The intrusion of the imago MardukConcerning scientific validity; Conclusion; 6 Breaking with Conservationism: Isaiah 11:1-9; Isaiah 11:1-9 in its larger canonical context of chapters 1-12; The contents of Isaiah 11:1-9; Toward an animal-friendly reading of Isaiah 11:1-9; 7 The Sacramentality of the Cosmos; The world as primordial sacrament in Roman Catholicism; The sacramental cosmos in Orthodox theology; An evaluation of theologies of cosmic sacramentality; Sacramental reciprocity as an alternative tradition; Conclusion; 8 Alternative Traditions and Interreligious Dialogue
Mohandas Gandhi and ahimsaAlbert Schweitzer and reverence for life; Mohandas Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer: a comparison; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The author argues that there are conflicting traditions with regard to the question of what is the moral standing of animals according to Christianity. The dominant tradition maintains that animals are primarily resources but there are alternative strands of Christian thought that challenge this view.
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