Creatures of the Same God: Explorations in Animal Theology - Hardcover

Linzey, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906113009 ISBN 13: 9781906113001

Publisher: Winchester University Press, 2007

Synopsis

In Creatures of the Same God, Andrew Linzey further develops, updates and builds upon the influential work he has produced in the area of animal theology over the past two decades. This latest book begins with `They're Only Animals - For Heaven's Sake!' and ends with `Summing Up: Towards a Prophetic Church for Animals'. In between Linzey discusses among other topics: `Religion and Sensitivity to Animal Suffering', `Theology as if Animals Mattered', `Jesus and Animals: A Different Perspective', and `Animals and Vegetarianism in Early Chinese Christianity'.

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About the Author:

The Reverend Professor Andrew Linzey, PhD, DD, is a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He was previously Senior Research Fellow in Theology and Animal Welfare at Mansfield College, and Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 1992-2006. From 1992 to 1996, he was also Special Professor in Theology at the University of Nottingham, England. In 1998, he was Visiting Professor at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently Honorary Professor in Theology at the University of Birmingham, England, and Special Professor at Saint Xavier University, Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Winchester University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1906113009
• ISBN 13: 9781906113001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209