Compassion for Animals: Readings and Prayers - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498241581 ISBN 13: 9781498241588

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Comprising a rich variety of quotations from some of the greatest thinkers in the Christian tradition, this new anthology will encourage a more sensitive and compassionate regard for the animal creation. Suitable for use by groups or individuals, Compassion for Animals will become a valuable resource for discussion and worship--whether in church, in school, or in the home. Andrew Linzey has been described as ""the greatest living writer on theology and animals"" by Bishop John Austin Baker. He is the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God, and Why Animal Suffering Matters. He is also the author of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care and the coeditor of Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings, both published by Wipf and Stock.

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About the Author

Andrew Linzey has been described as "the greatest living writer on theology and animals" by Bishop John Austin Baker. He is the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God, and Why Animal Suffering Matters. He is also the author of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care and the coeditor of Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings, both published by Wipf and Stock.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498241581
• ISBN 13: 9781498241588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 124
• Editor: Linzey Andrew