Brotton, Melissa.

Ecotheology and Nonhuman Ethics in Society : A Community of Compassion. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (261 pages) - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series . - Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Christian Virtues and Nonhuman Ethics -- 1 Animal Rights Revisited -- 2 Whatsoever You Do to the Least of My Brothers -- 3 Anthropogenic Climate Change and Animal Welfare -- 4 The Self-Emptying Godhead -- Part II: Ecotheology in the South -- 5 Loving the Mountains -- 6 An Ecotheology of Hunting -- Part III: Liturgical Practices and Hymnody -- 7 Singing to Subdue or to Sustain? -- 8 Environmental Advocacy and the Absence of the Church -- Part IV: Catholic Perspectives -- 9 Efficacious Ethics: The Trinity, Environment, and Green Design -- 10 Care and Compassion -- Part V: Jesus and the Animals in the Gospel of Mark -- 11 Liberating Legion -- 12 The End of the Road -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book promotes Christian ecology and animal ethics from the perspectives of the Bible, science, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. It covers diverse topics such as developing Christian virtue ethics, assisting species threatened by climate change, liturgical and hymnal ecologies, past and present Catholic ecological thinking, and Jesus and the animals in the Gospel of Mark.

9781498527910


Animal welfare - Religious aspects - Christianity.


Electronic books.

BT746.E26 2017

261.88