A heaven for animals : a Catholic case and why it matters / Christopher Steck, SJ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steck, Christopher W., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Animal welfare.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

x, 177 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"The book is a general audience adaption of the author's earlier book, All God's Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics (Georgetown University Press). This book argues that contemporary Catholic theology provides ample reasons for believing that animals will join us in heaven. The case for that is based upon and constructed out of biblical testimony and contemporary Church doctrine. The central claim of the book is that animals are included in the work of Christ, in ways appropriate to each animal. This claim has ethical implications. If animals are to join us in the next age, then our treatment of animals should, like other moral actions, strive to anticipate that future reality, the kingdom of God, in whatever ways that grace and circumstance allows us to do"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Prelude to the argument. The Catholic tradition on animals

Context for change

Part II: A Catholic case for animals in Heaven

The Bible on animals

Contemporary magisterial views of animals and their salvation

Part III: Constructing a Catholic theology of animals. A Trinitarian theology of animal salvation

Animals in Heaven

Part IV: The implications for how we treat animals. Animal ethics: theory

Animal ethics: applied.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Adaptation of: Steck, Christopher W. All God's Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics.

ISBN:

9781647126131

1647126134

9781647126148

1647126142

OCLC:

1533180534