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A Faith Embracing All Creatures - Addressing Commonly Asked Questions About Christian Care for Animals (Paperback)
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A Faith Embracing All Creatures - Addressing Commonly Asked Questions About Christian Care for Animals (Paperback)
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Synopsis: What is the purpose of animals? Didn't God give humans
dominion over other creatures? Didn't Jesus eat lamb? These are the
kinds of questions that Christians who advocate compassion toward
other animals regularly face. Yet Christians who have a faith-based
commitment to care for other animals through what they eat, what
they wear, and how they live with other creatures are often unsure
how to address these biblically and theologically based challenges.
In A Faith Embracing All Creatures, authors from various
denominational, national, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds wrestle
with the text, theology, and tradition to explain the roots of
their desire to live peaceably with their nonhuman kin. Together,
they show that there are no easy answers on "what the Bible says
about animals." Instead, there are nuances and complexities, which
even those asking these questions may be unaware of. Editors Andy
Alexis-Baker and Tripp York have gathered a collection of essays
that wrestle with these nuances and tensions in Scripture around
nonhuman animals. In so doing, they expand the discussion of
nonviolence, peacemaking, and reconciliation to include the
oft-forgotten other members of God's good creation. Endorsements:
"Far too often, serious concern for nonhuman animals is dismissed
by well-meaning Christians--who otherwise might share such
concerns--because of some remarkably consistent (and
understandable) hesitations. For some decades now we have needed a
resource that brought together experts to respectfully answer these
concerns, and with this book we finally have this invaluable
resource." --Charles C. Camosy Assistant Professor of Christian
Ethics Fordham University, Duane Library "Many good books deserve
an enthusiastic recommendation. But only a few merit the
stockpiling of a stash of copies to give to anyone and everyone who
crosses one's path. A Faith Embracing All Creatures will be greeted
as this latter sort of book by anyone with a heart for creation
care. . . . Christians of all varieties will find accessible,
creative, and challenging perspectives on a crucial but
oft-neglected aspect of their daily discipleship. Animal advocates,
Christian or otherwise, will find an indispensable resource for
engaging religious audiences. And everyone will find a prophetic
call to compassion and justice for all of God's creatures issued
from some of the most influential voices in animal ethics and
theology as well as from some of the field's most provocative
newcomers." --Matthew C. Halteman Associate Professor of
Philosophy, Calvin College "Other recent books have made the case
that our contemporary treatment of animals is both inhumane and
unchristian; A Faith Embracing All Creatures does so in a
refreshingly light-handed way. Its arguments are both morally
serious and deeply theological, particularly because its authors
pore carefully over important sections of biblical text. But the
book is also extremely inviting as it opens to questions people are
genuinely asking about how a commitment to moral vegetarianism (or
related commitments) can make theological sense. . . . Furthermore,
the concerns about the welfare of animals that the authors
highlight in their theologizing turn out to be immensely fruitful.
As they free us from customary presumptions, they teach us how to
read and appreciate the biblical material in new ways." --Dr.
Charles R. Pinches Professor and Chair, Department of
Theology/Religious Studies, University of Scranton Editor
Biography: Tripp York, PhD, teaches in the Department of Religion
at Virginia Wesleyan College. He is the author and editor of more
than half a dozen books including Third Way Allegiance, Living on
Hope While Living in Babylon, and The Devil Wears Nada Andy
Alexis-Baker is a PhD candidate in Systematic Theology and
Theological Ethics at Marquette University. He is coeditor of
Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution by John Howard
Yoder.
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