Animals and Religion 1st Edition by Dave Aftandilian, Barbara Ambros, Aaron S Gross ISBN 9781032330181 103233018X

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ISBN 10: 103233018X

ISBN 13: 9781032330181

Author: Dave Aftandilian, Barbara Ambros, Aaron S. Gross

What do animals—other than human animals—have to do with religion? How do our religious ideas about animals affect the lives of real animals in the world? How can we deepen our understanding of both animals and religion by considering them together? Animals and Religion explores how animals have crucially shaped how we understand ourselves, the other living beings around us, and our relationships with them.

Through incisive analyses of religious examples from around the world, the original contributions to this volume demonstrate how animals have played key roles in every known religious tradition, whether as sacred beings, symbols, objects of concern, fellow creatures, or religious teachers. And through our religious imagination, ethics, and practices, we have deeply impacted animal lives, whether by domesticating, sacrificing, dominating, eating, refraining from eating, blessing, rescuing, releasing, commemorating, or contemplating them. Drawing primarily on perspectives from religious studies and Christian theology, augmented by cutting-edge work in anthropology, biology, philosophy, and psychology, Animals and Religion offers the reader a richer understanding of who animals are and who we humans are. Do animals have emotions? Do they think or use language? Are they persons? How we answer questions like these affects diverse aspects of religion that shape not only how we relate to other animals, but also how we perceive and misperceive each other along axes of gender, race, and (dis)ability.

Accessibly written and thoughtfully argued, Animals and Religion will interest anyone who wants to learn more about animals, religion, and what it means to be a human animal.

Table of contents: 

1. On Human-Animal Being

2. Introduction to Animals and Religion

3. L’nuwey Views of Animal Personhood and Their Implications

4. Animal Consciousness and Cognition

5. Emotion

6. Gender and Sexuality

7. Race, Animals, and a New Vision of the Beloved Community

8. From Inspirational Beings to “Mad” Veg/ans: Tensions and Possibilities Between Animal Studies and Disability Studies

9. Human Beings and Animals: Same, Other, Indistinct?

10. Learning to Walk Softly: Intersecting Insect Lifeworlds in Everyday Buddhist Monastic Life

11. An Islamic Case for Insect Ethics

12. Animal Theology

13. Blue Theology and Water Torah: People of Faith Caring for Marine Wildlife

14. Animal Families in the Biblical Tradition

15. The Cat Mitzvah: Jewish Literacy Animals

16. Blessings of Pets in Jewish and Christian Traditions

17. Becoming Priceless Through Sacrifice: A Goat for San Lázaro-Babalú Ayé

18. Refraining from Killing and Releasing Life? The Ethical Dilemmas of Animal Release Rituals in East Asia

19. Vegetarianism, Prohibited Meats, and Caring for Animals in Chinese Religious History

20. The Difficult Virtue of Vegetarianism in Tibetan Buddhism

21. Veganism as Spiritual Practice

22. The Spiritual Practice of Providing Sanctuary for Animals

23. Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics

24. The Council of All Beings: A Deep Ecology Ritual Connecting People with Animals and the Natural World

25. Commemorating Animals in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.: Celebrating Kinship or Manifesting Difference?

26. Contemplative Practices for Connecting to Animals (and Ourselves)

27. Companion Animals

28. Domestication and Religion

29. The Ethics of Eating Animals: Jewish Responses

30. Meditations on Living with Ghosts: The Settlement Legacy of Buffalo Extinction

31. Urban Wildlife: Threats, Opportunities, and Religious Responses

32. The Connection We Share: Animal Spirituality and the Science of Sacred Encounters

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