The Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the BibleLantern Books, 2002 - 208 страница Many commentators and users of the Bible have, over the centuries and up to the present day, used the Bible to argue that animals have no rights, that they were put on this earth for our use, and that we have no obligations to them. In his cogent, honest, and fully researched and referenced work, The Dominion of Love, Norm Phelps attempts to encourage all who revere the Bible as holy scripture to open their hearts to the suffering that we inflict upon our nonhuman neighbors. He shows that the right of animals not to be imprisoned, harmed, and killed for our benefit flows naturally from the Bible's message of love and compassion and argues that this is the message of the Bible's most important passages dealing with our relationship to animals. He further responds to the defenses of animal exploitation that are often made based on the Bible. Beautifully written, The Dominion of Love is an essential addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a compassionate and non-exploitative reading of Holy Scripture. |
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... Compassion Over Killing " The power of Norm Phelps's book comes from a combination of scholarly research and a deep understanding that love and compassion for all beings is the only foundation upon which a millennial world of peace and ...
... compassion , but she took that stand with courage and grace , and she persevered . Patti Rogers lives the dominion of love to a degree that I can only admire and hope some day to approach . It was she who taught me the importance of ...
... compassion . Second , by examining the Bible's most important passages dealing with our relationship to animals . And finally , by responding to defenses of animal exploitation that are often made on the basis of the Bible . Most ...
... essential to putting the Bible's ethical teachings to work in the world . Like human rights , animal rights can be understood as a response to the Bible's challenge to express the love and compassion of 2 The Dominion of Love.
... compassion of God in our lives as well as our liturgy . Animals at the very least , the more complex animals — are sentient beings . They have the same physical senses that we have , a central nervous system similar to ours , and brains ...
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Cruelty is Atheism | 24 |
The Prime Directives | 33 |
The Image and Likeness of God | 45 |
All Gods Children Go to Heaven | 57 |
The Suffering of the Living | 67 |
Your Hands Are Covered with Blood | 74 |
What Did Jesus Eat? | 125 |
The Sparrow and the Lamb | 137 |
The Gospel of Mercy | 149 |
Does God Care about Oxen? | 155 |
Eat Anything You Want | 169 |
The Dominion of Love | 176 |
Biblical Verses Relating to Human Treatment of Animals | 180 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 193 |