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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... Once that basic principle is accepted , it is an easy thing to create new classes of victims simply by pushing them outside our perimeter of protection . As a child , Dr. Alex Hershaft , founder and president of the Farm Animal Reform ...
... once did Paul even hint that as a Christian Philemon ought not to own slaves . Quite the contrary : he expressly acknowledged Philemon's right to decide Onesimos ' fate . That Paul did support slavery is clear from another of his ...
... the crusade against animal slavery and slaughter just as they once led the crusade against human slavery and segregation . Paul's wholehearted defense of slavery derives from his general theory Kill All the Women and Children 23.
... once again what Paul is saying . Were the imprisonment , torture , and death of people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Raoul Wallenberg " God's wrath on the one who practices evil ? " Was the holocaust an act of God ? As incredible as it ...
... once . The Bible comprises a record of what sincere , but fallible , spiritual seekers — authors , editors , and compilers — believed to represent the inspiration of God . It is a description of revelation , but it is not the revelation ...
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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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