God and non-human animals / Simon Kittle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kittle, Simon, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the problems of God, 2754-8724.

Cambridge elements. Elements in the problems of God, 2754-8724

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Animals.

Animal welfare--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Animal welfare.

Human-animal relationships--Religious aspects.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This Element explores the relevance of non-human animals to theology. It suggests that while Christian theology has so far been a thoroughly anthropocentric discipline, there are good reasons for treating animals as subjects worthy of theological reflection in their own right. The Element considers animals in the context of Christian ethics, investigates whether the violence and suffering found in evolutionary processes can be reconciled with a good God, and surveys some of the ways key theological doctrines may need to be altered in the light of what contemporary science teaches about human animals and non-humans.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

God and Non-Human Animals

Contents

1 Animals and Theology

2 Non-Sapiens and Christian Ethics

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Rock of Inconsistency

2.3 Theological Defences of the Moral Permissibility of Eating Animals

2.4 Conclusion

3 Evolutionary Violence and the Character of God

3.1 The Problem

3.2 Theodicy without a Cosmic Fall

3.3 Theodicy with a Cosmic Fall

3.4 Summary

4 Non-Sapiens, the Image of God, Redemption

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Traditional Theological Worldview

4.3 The Universe Revealed by Science

4.4 The Epistemology of Theology

4.5 The Image of God

4.6 The Incarnation

4.7 Summary

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Mar 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-29622-1

1-009-29619-1

1-009-29620-5

OCLC:

1488728519