All God's Animals
A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Georgetown University Press
Published:1st Dec '19
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- Hardback£103.00(9781626167148)
"Steck has written the first substantive theology of animals in a Roman Catholic context, which is an invaluable new contribution to the field. His careful and well-informed argument makes a strong case for Christians to reconsider their practice, especially with regard to current patterns of using animals for food."
The book is the first of its kind to draw together in conversation the views of the early Church, contemporary biblical and theological scholarship, and post-conciliar teachings. Steck develops a comprehensive, Catholic theology of animals based on an in-depth exploration of Catholicism's fundamental doctrines—trinitarian theology, Christology, pneumatology, eschatology, and soteriology. All God's Animals makes two central claims. First, we can hope that God will include animals of the present age in the kingdom inaugurated by Christ. Second, because of this inclusion, our responses to animals should be guided by the values of the kingdom. As Christians await the final liberation of all creation, they are to be witnesses to God’s kingdom by embodying its ideals in their relations with animal life. Because the kingdom's fullness is yet to come and because our world remains marked by the wounds of sin, however, Christian treatment of animals will at times require acts that are at odds with the kingdom’s ideals (for example, those causing suffering and death). Steck examines each of these ideas and explores all of their complexities.
The book will be an important touchpoint for scholars following the interchange between animal studies and Christian theology, especially as that conversation pertains to ecological theology. * Theological Studies *
All God's Animals is a book worth reading. It presents a lot of valuable information on the Catholic perception of animals. * Journal of Animal Ethics *
ISBN: 9781626167155
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 390g
264 pages