{"product_id":"animals-and-religion-9781032330181","title":"Animals and Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do animalsother than human animalshave 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? \u003ci\u003eAnimals and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e explores how animals have crucially shaped how we understand ourselves, the other living beings around us, and our relationships with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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 perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Human Animal Being: An Opening \u003ci\u003eLinda Hogan \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction to Animals and Religion\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron S. Gross, Dave Aftandilian, and Barbara R. Ambros \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Religion and Identity \u003c\/b\u003e1. L’nuwey Views of Animal Personhood and Their Implications \u003ci\u003eMargaret Robinson \u003c\/i\u003e2. Animal Consciousness and Cognition \u003ci\u003eRobert W. Mitchell and Mark A. Krause \u003c\/i\u003e3. Emotion \u003ci\u003eDonovan O. Schaefer \u003c\/i\u003e4. Gender and Sexuality \u003ci\u003eKatharine Mershon \u003c\/i\u003e5. Race, Animals, and a New Vision of the Beloved Community \u003ci\u003eChristopher Carter \u003c\/i\u003e6. From Inspirational Beings to “Mad” Veg\/ans: Tensions and Possibilities between Animal Studies and Disability Studies \u003ci\u003eAlan Santinele Martino and Sarah May Lindsay \u003c\/i\u003e7. Human Beings and Animals: Same, Other, Indistinct? \u003ci\u003eMatthew Calarco \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Religious Practices and Presence \u003c\/b\u003e8. Learning to Walk Softly: Intersecting Insect Lifeworlds in Everyday Buddhist Monastic Life \u003ci\u003eLina Verchery \u003c\/i\u003e9. An Islamic Case for Insect Ethics \u003ci\u003eSarra Tlili \u003c\/i\u003e10. Animal Theology \u003ci\u003eAllison Covey \u003c\/i\u003e11. Blue Theology and Water Torah: People of Faith Caring for Marine Wildlife \u003ci\u003eDave Aftandilian \u003c\/i\u003e12. Animal Families in the Biblical Tradition \u003ci\u003eBeth A. Berkowitz \u003c\/i\u003e13. The Cat Mitzvah: Jewish Literary Animals \u003ci\u003eAndrea Dara Cooper \u003c\/i\u003e14. Blessings of Pets in Jewish and Christian Traditions \u003ci\u003eLaura Hobgood \u003c\/i\u003e15. Becoming-Priceless through Sacrifice: A Goat for San Lázaro-Babalú Ayé \u003ci\u003eTodd Ramón Ochoa \u003c\/i\u003e16. Refraining from Killing and Releasing Life? The Ethical Dilemmas of Animal Release Rituals in East Asia \u003ci\u003eBarbara R. Ambros \u003c\/i\u003e17. Vegetarianism, Prohibited Meats, and Caring for Animals in Chinese Religious History \u003ci\u003eVincent Goossaert \u003c\/i\u003e18. The Difficult Virtue of Vegetarianism in Tibetan Buddhism \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Barstow \u003c\/i\u003e19. Veganism as Spiritual Practice \u003ci\u003eAdrienne Krone \u003c\/i\u003e20. The Spiritual Practice of Providing Sanctuary for Animals \u003ci\u003eBarbara Darling \u003c\/i\u003e21. Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics \u003ci\u003eKenneth R. Valpey \u003c\/i\u003e22. The Council of All Beings: A Deep Ecology Ritual Connecting People with Animals and the Natural World \u003ci\u003eEric D. Mortensen \u003c\/i\u003e23. Commemorating Animals in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.: Celebrating Kinship or Manifesting Difference? \u003ci\u003eBarbara R. Ambros \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Religious Responses to Animal Lives \u003c\/b\u003e24. Contemplative Practices for Connecting to Animals (and Ourselves) \u003ci\u003eDave Aftandilian \u003c\/i\u003e25. Companion Animals \u003ci\u003eLaura Hobgood \u003c\/i\u003e26. Domestication and Religion \u003ci\u003eNerissa Russell \u003c\/i\u003e27. The Ethics of Eating Animals: Jewish Responses \u003ci\u003eAaron S. Gross \u003c\/i\u003e28. Meditations on Living with Ghosts: The Settlement Legacy of Buffalo Extinction \u003ci\u003eJames Hatley \u003c\/i\u003e29. Urban Wildlife: Threats, Opportunities, and Religious Responses \u003ci\u003eSeth B. Magle and Dave Aftandilian \u003c\/i\u003e30. The Connection We Share: Animal Spirituality and the Science of Sacred Encounters \u003ci\u003eBarbara Smuts, Becca Franks, Monica Gagliano, and Christine Webb. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Contributors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018981441879,"sku":"9781032330181","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032330181.jpg?v=1750778901","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/animals-and-religion-9781032330181","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}