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Animals and World Religions (Hardcover)
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Animals and World Religions (Hardcover)
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Despite increasing public attention to animal suffering, little
seems to have changed: human beings continue to exploit billions of
animals in factory farms, medical laboratories, and elsewhere. In
this wide-ranging and perceptive study, Lisa Kemmerer shows how
spiritual writings and teachings in seven major religious
traditions can help people to consider their ethical obligations
towards other creatures. Kemmerer examines the role of animals in
scripture and myth, the lives of religious exemplars, and
foundational philosophical and moral teachings. Beginning with a
study of indigenous traditions around the world, Kemmerer then
focuses on the religions of India - Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain - as
well as on Daoism and Confucianism in China, and, finally, Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam in the Middle East. At the end of each
chapter, Kemmerer discusses the lives and work of contemporary
animal advocates, showing what they do on behalf of nonhuman
animals and how their activism is motivated by personal religious
commitments. Animals in the World's Religions demonstrates that
rightful relations between human beings and animals are essential
for the resolution of some of the most pressing moral problems
facing industrial societies.
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