“Although Christianity has a poor record on animals (as it does, it must be said, on the treatment of slaves, women, children, and gays), it is also the case that Christian theology, when creatively and critically handled, can provide a strong basis for animal rights.” ChildrenDoeSaidChristianStrongAnimalPoorChristianityCasesRecordsRightsGayBasesSlaveTheologyTreatmentAnimal RightsChristian Theology Author:Andrew Linzey
“I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.” StillsAnimalTheologyTemplesInfancy Author:Andrew Linzey
“Christian theology provides some of the best arguments for respecting animal life and for taking seriously animals as partners with us within God's creation. It may be ironical that this tradition, once thought of as the bastion of human moral exclusivity, should now be seen as the seed-bed for a creative understanding of animal liberation.” ShouldHumansMayChristianUnderstandingAnimalMoralCreativeCreationBedArgumentTraditionSeedsPartnersTheologyLiberationAnimal RightsAnimal LiberationAnimal LifeGod's CreationChristian TheologyExclusivity Book:Christianity and the Rights of Animals Source: Christianity and the Rights of Animals
“In God's eyes, all creatures have value whether we find them cuddly, affectionate, beautiful or otherwise. Our own perspective-in a way-is neither here nor there. Theology, at its best, can help to liberate us from our own anthropocentric limitations.” WayHelpingEyeBeautifulValuesNatureAnimalPerspectiveCreaturesTheologyLimitationAffectionate Author:Andrew Linzey
