The friends we keep : unleashing Christianity's compassion for animals / Laura Hobgood-Oster.

Author/creator Hobgood-Oster, Laura, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoWaco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxx, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Animals--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Animal welfare--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Human-animal relationships--Religious aspects. --Christianity.

Contents Introduction : even dogs deserve the crumbs -- What a friend we have : our animal companions -- Lions and Christians : animals in sport -- Eating mercifully : animals for food -- Good Christian hospitality : animals at home on the earth -- Where have all the animals gone?
Abstract "Today we find ourselves in an anomaly in human history: many of our lives are empty of animals. We have pets and sometimes watch documentaries on Animal Planet, but few of us know how the other species on our planet really live today. And as Laura Hobgood-Oster reveals, many are not living very well--sadly, not very well at all. Seeking to awaken Christians to the place and, too often, plight of animals in the twenty-first century, The Friends We Keep gently but astutely introduces the situations animals face today--as companions, as animals in sport, as animals raised for food, and as creatures in the wild--and simultaneously retells a myriad of often surprising and instructive stories from the long, rich history of Christianity"--Cover, p. 2.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010019356
ISBN9781602582644 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1602582645

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BT746 .H53 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold