Animals and world religions
Despite increasing public attention to animal suffering, little seems to have changed: Human beings continue to exploit billions of animals in factory farms, medical laboratories, and elsewhere. In this wide-ranging and perceptive study, Lisa Kemmerer shows how spiritual writings and teachings in seven major religious traditions can help people to consider their ethical obligations toward other creatures. Dr. Kemmerer examines the role of nonhuman animals in scripture and myth, in the lives of …
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- Full title :Animals and world religions / Lisa Kemmerer.
Summary
Despite increasing public attention to animal suffering, little seems to have changed: Human beings continue to exploit billions of animals in factory farms, medical laboratories, and elsewhere. In this wide-ranging and perceptive study, Lisa Kemmerer shows how spiritual writings and teachings in seven major religious traditions can help people to consider their ethical obligations toward other creatures. Dr. Kemmerer examines the role of nonhuman animals in scripture and myth, in the lives of religious exemplars, and by drawing on foundational philosophical and moral teachings. She begins wit.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199790760, 0199790760, 9780199919178, 0199919178
- oclc:ocn762169176
- LC Classification:BL439
- Dewey Decimal:205/.693
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Indigenous traditions -- Hindu traditions -- Buddhist traditions -- Chinese traditions -- Jewish traditions -- Christian traditions -- Islamic traditions -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
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