I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.
We can't change the world for animals without changing our ideas about animals. We have to move from the idea that animals are things, tools, machine… - Andrew Linzey
We can't change the world for animals without changing our ideas about animals. We have to move from the idea that animals are things, tools, machine…
- Andrew Linzey
When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of all things. And they also d… - Andrew Linzey
When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of all things. And they also d…
It took Christians many years to realize that we cannot love God and also keep humans as slaves. It has taken even longer for Christians to realize t… - Andrew Linzey
It took Christians many years to realize that we cannot love God and also keep humans as slaves. It has taken even longer for Christians to realize t…
It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most eager to viola… - Andrew Linzey
It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most eager to viola…
The Bible nowhere says that animals are just made for human use. It does not say that the whole earth is just ours to do with as we like. Neither doe… - Andrew Linzey
The Bible nowhere says that animals are just made for human use. It does not say that the whole earth is just ours to do with as we like. Neither doe…
I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place. - Andrew Linzey
I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place.
Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians who… - Andrew Linzey
Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians who…
For if animals are God's creatures, we have no absolute rights over them, only the duty to look after them as God would look after them. To stand wit… - Andrew Linzey
For if animals are God's creatures, we have no absolute rights over them, only the duty to look after them as God would look after them. To stand wit…
The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality. Of course th… - Andrew Linzey
The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality. Of course th…
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