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Holy dogs and asses : animals in the Christian tradition / Laura Hobgood-Oster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hobgood-Oster, Laura, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Holy dogs & asses
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Recognizing animals in the Christian tradition
- Contents:
- Weaving and roaring : animals and a religious studies-centered methodological bricolage
- Guardians of the gateway : shifting historical settings for Christianity and animals
- The Ephesian lion and clay sparrows : animals in the Christian canon and early apocryphal traditions
- Counted among the saints : animals in medieval hagiography
- The granted image : dogs in Christian story and art
- Animals return to the sanctuary : blessings of animals in contemporary American culture
- Animals are good to think : transforming theological considerations of animals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-170) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780252032134
- 0252032136
- OCLC:
- 123968110
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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