ABSTRACT
The ethical treatment of non-human animals is an increasingly significant issue, directly affecting how people share the planet with other creatures and visualize themselves within the natural world. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics is a key reference source in this area, looking specifically at the role religion plays in the formation of ethics around these concerns.
Featuring thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors, the handbook is divided into two parts. The first gives an overview of fifteen of the major world religions’ attitudes towards animal ethics and protection. The second features five sections addressing the following topics:
- Human Interaction with Animals
- Killing and Exploitation
- Religious and Secular Law
- Evil and Theodicy
- Souls and Afterlife
This handbook demonstrates that religious traditions, despite often being anthropocentric, do have much to offer to those seeking a framework for a more enlightened relationship between humans and non-human animals. As such, The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, theology, and animal ethics as well as those studying the philosophy of religion and ethics more generally.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|138 pages
Traditions
chapter 3|13 pages
Buddhism
chapter 5|10 pages
Evangelical Christianity
chapter 7|11 pages
Islam
chapter 14|8 pages
Roman Catholicism
part II|220 pages
Issues
part |38 pages
Human Interaction with Animals
chapter 19|8 pages
Franciscan Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation
part |75 pages
Killing and Exploitation
chapter 20|15 pages
Animals in Christian and Muslim Thought
chapter 25|10 pages
Exposing the Harm in Euthanasia
part |39 pages
Religious and Secular Law
part |32 pages
Evil and Theodicy
part |32 pages
Souls and Afterlife