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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- On Human-Animal Being: An Opening -- Introduction to Animals and Religion -- Part I Religion and Identity -- 1 L'nuwey Views of Animal Personhood and Their Implications -- 2 Animal Consciousness and Cognition -- 3 Emotion -- 4 Gender and Sexuality -- 5 Race, Animals, and a New Vision of the Beloved Community -- 6 From Inspirational Beings to "Mad" Veg/ans: Tensions and Possibilities Between Animal Studies and Disability Studies |
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7 Human Beings and Animals: Same, Other, Indistinct? -- Part II Religious Practices and Presences -- 8 Learning to Walk Softly: Intersecting Insect Lifeworlds in Everyday Buddhist Monastic Life -- 9 An Islamic Case for Insect Ethics -- 10 Animal Theology -- 11 Blue Theology and Water Torah: People of Faith Caring for Marine Wildlife -- 12 Animal Families in the Biblical Tradition -- 13 The Cat Mitzvah: Jewish Literary Animals -- 14 Blessings of Pets in Jewish and Christian Traditions -- 15 Becoming Priceless Through Sacrifice: A Goat for San Lázaro-Babalú Ayé |
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16 Refraining from Killing and Releasing Life? The Ethical Dilemmas of Animal Release Rituals in East Asia -- 17 Vegetarianism, Prohibited Meats, and Caring for Animals in Chinese Religious History -- 18 The Difficult Virtue of Vegetarianism in Tibetan Buddhism -- 19 Veganism as Spiritual Practice -- 20 The Spiritual Practice of Providing Sanctuary for Animals -- 21 Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics -- 22 The Council of All Beings: A Deep Ecology Ritual Connecting People with Animals and the Natural World |
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23 Commemorating Animals in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.: Celebrating Kinship or Manifesting Difference? -- Part III Religious Responses to Animal Lives -- 24 Contemplative Practices for Connecting to Animals (and Ourselves) -- 25 Companion Animals -- 26 Domestication and Religion -- 27 The Ethics of Eating Animals: Jewish Responses -- 28 Meditations on Living with Ghosts: The Settlement Legacy of Buffalo Extinction -- 29 Urban Wildlife: Threats, Opportunities, and Religious Responses -- 30 The Connection We Share: Animal Spirituality and the Science of Sacred Encounters -- About the Contributors |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Index |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ambros, Barbara R
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Gross, Aaron S
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| ISBN |
9781003848684 |
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1003848680 |
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