The Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the BibleLantern Books, 2002 - 208 sider Many commentators and users of the Bible have, over the centuries and up to the present day, used the Bible to argue that animals have no rights, that they were put on this earth for our use, and that we have no obligations to them. In his cogent, honest, and fully researched and referenced work, The Dominion of Love, Norm Phelps attempts to encourage all who revere the Bible as holy scripture to open their hearts to the suffering that we inflict upon our nonhuman neighbors. He shows that the right of animals not to be imprisoned, harmed, and killed for our benefit flows naturally from the Bible's message of love and compassion and argues that this is the message of the Bible's most important passages dealing with our relationship to animals. He further responds to the defenses of animal exploitation that are often made based on the Bible. Beautifully written, The Dominion of Love is an essential addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a compassionate and non-exploitative reading of Holy Scripture. |
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... appears in the Bible a unique number . Readers can look up the English word ( from the KJV ) , find the number of the Hebrew , Aramaic , or Greek word that it translates , and look up that word in the dictionary at the back of the ...
... used to defend slavery , segregation , and the oppression of women and homosexuals . But we have learned to look beyond specific passages that appear to justify the abuse of our fellow human beings to find An Eternal Treblinka II.
... appear to leave little room for discussion . As a fundamentalist bumper sticker puts it , " God said it , I believe it , and that settles it . " What more is there to say ? As it happens , quite a bit . When we look into it more deeply ...
... appears that Paul was asking Philemon to send Onesimus back to him as a personal slave for the duration of his imprisonment . The other possibility — which can also be argued but not proved from the text is that Paul was asking Philemon ...
... appear in the original text but are necessary in English . This situation arises frequently because of differences in modes of expression between the ancient languages and English . Spong , p . 75 . That is , they will have brought ...
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The Prime Directives | 33 |
The Image and Likeness of God | 45 |
All Gods Children Go to Heaven | 57 |
The Suffering of the Living | 67 |
Your Hands Are Covered with Blood | 74 |
What Did Jesus Eat? | 125 |
The Sparrow and the Lamb | 137 |
The Gospel of Mercy | 149 |
Does God Care about Oxen? | 155 |
Eat Anything You Want | 169 |
The Dominion of Love | 176 |
Biblical Verses Relating to Human Treatment of Animals | 180 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 193 |
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