Animals and World Religions

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-979068-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

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 towards other creatures.

Kemmerer examines the role of animals in scripture and myth, the lives of religious exemplars, and foundational philosophical and moral teachings. Beginning with a study of indigenous traditions around the world, Kemmerer then focuses on the religions of India - Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain - as well as on Daoism and Confucianism in China, and, finally, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Middle East. At the end of each chapter, Kemmerer discusses the lives and work of contemporary animal
advocates, showing what they do on behalf of nonhuman animals and how their activism is motivated by personal religious commitments.

Animals in the World's Religions demonstrates that rightful relations between human beings and animals are essential for the resolution of some of the most pressing moral problems facing industrial societies.

Zielgruppe

Students, scholars, and general readers interested in animal rights advocacy and the role of animals in religious traditions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kemmerer, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Norm Phelps
Introduction
1. Indigenous Traditions
2. Hindu Traditions
3. Buddhist Traditions
4. Chinese Traditions
5. Jewish Traditions
6. Christian Traditions
7. Islamic Traditions
8. Conclusion
Appendix: Anymal Industries
Bibliography
Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Montana State University, Billings