How to Burn a Goat : Farming with the Philosophers / Scott Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Scott H., 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Agriculture.

Christian philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Literary and philosophical reflections combine with true-life farm anecdotes to offer commentary on seeking the good life in the modern age"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title, Title, Copyright, Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. A Burnt Offering

2. Buying Geese

3. Coming to Terms with Shit

4. Lambing

5. Guinea Fowl

6. Red in Tooth and Claw

7. Playing by Ear

Part 1. Homecoming and the Future of Higher Education

8. Doing It and Getting It Done

9. The Fallacy of Acquisition

10. Mules

11. Septic Matters

12. Orphan Chicks

13. Silky Smooth's Big Adventure

14. To a Hare, from a Louse

Part 2. Farmers, Christians, and Intellectuals: Cultivating Humility and Hope

15. New Guineas

16. Skunks

17. Rattlesnakes

18. Dead Lambs

19. Alexander McCall Smith

20. How Many Chickens? How Many Eggs?

21. Ockham, Iris, and the Show Cattle

Part 3. Wendell, Gene, and Joel: On the Difficulties of Theology and Agriculture

22. Do Sweat the Small Stuff

23. Not So Humble, but Near to the Ground

24. Saving Spiders

25. Snakes and Chicks

26. Tolstoy and Pahom

27. The Cow in the Parking Lot

Part 4. Back to the Rough Ground: The Consolations of "Techne"

28. Calves

29. E. B. White's Adventures in Contentment

30. Gussie, Lloyd, and Mocha

31. In Defense of Watching Grass Grow

32. Orchards

33. City of Sows

Part 5. Farming with The Philosophers: Work, Leisure, Wonder, and Gratitude

Appendix. Iris Murdoch's Vexed Relationship with Christian Faith

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481311540

1481311549

9781481311564

1481311565

OCLC:

1125274732