Holy dogs and asses
Subtitle: animals in the Christian tradition
By: Laura Hobgood-Oster.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252032134
Subjects: Animals -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Weaving and roaring : animals and a religious studies-centered; title: Methodological bricolage; title: "Guardians of the gateway" : shifting historical settings for Christianity and animals; title: The Ephesian lion and clay sparrows : animals in the Christian Canon and early apocryphal traditions; title: Counted among the saints : animals in medieval hagiography; title: The granted image : dogs in Christian story and art; title: Animals return to the sanctuary : blessings of animals in contemporary American culture; title: Animals are good to think : transforming theological considerations for animals.