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1 online resource (279 pages) |
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The Hebrew Bible -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Buddhism -- Change and the effective-defensive strategy -- Seeing as a whole: the animal perspective -- The problem of oneness -- Animal rights: the next step in human moral evolution |
| Summary |
Through close readings of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist texts, Katherine Wills Perlo proves that our relationship with animals shapes religious doctrine, particularly through the tension between animal exploitation and the bonds of kinship. She pinpoints four different strategies for coping with this conflict. The first is aggression, in which a divinely conferred superiority or karma justifies animal usage. The second is evasion, which emphasizes benevolent aspects of the human-animal relationship within the exploitative structure, such as the image of Jesus as a ""good she |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Animals -- Religious aspects.
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Human-animal relationships -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Ethics.
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Animals -- Religious aspects.
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Human-animal relationships -- Religious aspects.
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Religion
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Tiere
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008036403 |
| ISBN |
9780231519601 |
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0231519605 |
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