| Phụ đề | : | A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals |
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| Tác giả | : | Webb, Stephen H. |
| Nơi xuất bản | : | U.S.A: Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Thông tin trách nhiệm | : | Stephen H. Webb |
| Mô tả vật lý | : | xii, 222 pages Hardcover, Illustration 24 cm |
| Tóm tắt/ chú giải | : | In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Stephen Webb brings a Christian perspective to bear on the subject of our responsibility to animals, looked at through the lens of our relations with pets--especially dogs. Webb argues that the emotional bond with companion animals should play a central role in the way we think about animals in general, and--against the more extreme animal liberationists--defends the intermingling of the human and animal worlds. He tries to imagine what it would be like to treat animals as a gift from God, and indeed argues that not only are animals a gift for us, but they give to us; we need to attend to their giving and return their gifts appropriately. Throughout the book he insists that what Christians call grace is present in our relations with animals just as it is with other humans. Grace is the inclusive and expansive power of God's love to create and sustain relationships of real mutuality and reciprocity, and Webb unfolds the implications of the recognition that animals too participate in God's abundant grace. |
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| Ngôn ngữ | : | Eng |
| DDC | : | 241.693 / W365-S83 |
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