- Taschenbuch: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Univ of Illinois Pr; Auflage: Univ of Illinoi. (1. Februar 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0252064674
- ISBN-13: 978-0252064678
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 2,1 x 1,4 x 0,2 cm
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The Lord God Made Them All?
ANDREW LINZEY is an Anglican priest currently holding the worlds *first* fellowship in theology and animal rights at Oxford University. He has been named official pastor to the Animal Welfare Movement in the United States by the Humane Society of the United States. * * * * * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -- "This disturbing volume argues that contemporary agribusiness, based on the commodification ofanimals, is immoral and theologically indefensible. No vegan polemic or anti- vivsectionist tract, Linzey's is a carefully prepared and argued discussion of the theology of animal rights in which the authhor takes the community of faith to task for its blindness to the centrality, within the Christian tradition, of duty to animals. Particularly damning are the chapters on scientific experimentation, hunting for sport, meat-eating and genetic engineering." * * * * * Colman McCarthy in THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD--"With lucid and reasoned prose, counter[s] the stereotypical image of animal righters as contrarian fanatics...with much needed intellectual calmness. I've listened to a bellyful of sermons over the years, plus digested the the books of Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, a few popes and assorted divines, but I can't recall any of the clergy calling on the faithful to stop the violence to animals. Except one, the Rev. Andrew Linzey. The far- ranging Linzey is at ease in analyzing the views of theologians who insisted that animals lack moral status, including Thomas Aquinas and Francis De Sales. Debunking Aquinas--to be a doubting Thomist--is not for the intellectually timid. Linzey isn't. Linzey is a broad-minded defender of animals. Linzey [is] well-armed with with reasoned arguments that animals are our neighbors, not our subjects. That's anything but a new idea, but [he] says it in a convincingly new way."
ANDREW LINZEY is an Anglican priest currently holding the worlds *first* fellowship in theology and animal rights at Oxford University. He has been named official pastor to the Animal Welfare Movement in the United States by the Humane Society of the United States. * * * * * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -- "This disturbing volume argues that contemporary agribusiness, based on the commodification ofanimals, is immoral and theologically indefensible. No vegan polemic or anti- vivsectionist tract, Linzey's is a carefully prepared and argued discussion of the theology of animal rights in which the authhor takes the community of faith to task for its blindness to the centrality, within the Christian tradition, of duty to animals. Particularly damning are the chapters on scientific experimentation, hunting for sport, meat-eating and genetic engineering." * * * * * Colman McCarthy in THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD--"With lucid and reasoned prose, counter[s] the stereotypical image of animal righters as contrarian fanatics...with much needed intellectual calmness. I've listened to a bellyful of sermons over the years, plus digested the the books of Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, a few popes and assorted divines, but I can't recall any of the clergy calling on the faithful to stop the violence to animals. Except one, the Rev. Andrew Linzey. The far- ranging Linzey is at ease in analyzing the views of theologians who insisted that animals lack moral status, including Thomas Aquinas and Francis De Sales. Debunking Aquinas--to be a doubting Thomist--is not for the intellectually timid. Linzey isn't. Linzey is a broad-minded defender of animals. Linzey [is] well-armed with with reasoned arguments that animals are our neighbors, not our subjects. That's anything but a new idea, but [he] says it in a convincingly new way."
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It is important for Christians to put human beings first. Some speak as if animals and humans have equal rights, but the Bible clearly says that humans are much more important than animals.
Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Matt 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matt 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Yes, animals are important and certainly should not be tortured just for fun. But animals and plants are to be freely killed and eaten, at least until the end of this age.
Gen 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
1 Tim 4:1-5 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
As any honest reader can see, extreme teachings on animal rights should actually be called the doctrines of demons, not only to be ignored, but to be silenced.
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Linzey approaches animal rights from a Biblical Christian perspective. He points out that in the garden of Eden Adam and Eve were totally vegan, as were all the animals. This therefore represents an ideal state of creation, which one day it can return to ("The lion will lie down with the lamb.."). Meat eating was allowed after the flood because of sin, and should be regarded as an emergency necessity rather than part of God's overall plan. If meat eating is not necessary for health (as it isn't in much of the world), then animals should be left alone. Linzey also refutes those who say that God gave us "dominion" over other living things, pointing out that the Bible points to Christ as an example of how "dominion" should be exercised. Christ used his superior ability to help human kind and to sacrifice Himself on our behalf, not to rule over us like a petty tyrant. I have always thought this myself, but it will certainly give me more confidence when arguing against evangelical fundamentalists to know that my opinions are backed up by an Oxford Professor of theology.
Linzey goes further than Singer or Regan in our duties to animals. He agrees with Regan that we differ from other animals as moral agents (though he doesn't use the term), since we are created in God's image. He then goes on to say that just as God became a servant for us, that the "image" we are created in is the image of a servant, not a dictator. Thus, far from using our privileged status with the Almighty as an excuse for tyranny over our less fortunate animal friends, we are obliged to show animals not equal consideration, but MORE consideration than ourselves, simply because we are the stronger species, in the same way that parents always should put their childrens' interests above their own.
In conclusion, I found the book to be worthwhile, and would recommend it to anyone interested in animals rights and Christianity. Unlike many books on animal rights, it was free form anger or condemnation against those doing the exploitation . The author succeeds in loving the sinner while hating the sin.
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A great read for anyone interested in religion and animal rights. It's a wonderful reference for spirituality and AR discussions.
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