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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... tion , they can be misleading because the doctrinal biases of the translator affect the translation in ways that the reader cannot detect . Alternate choices for Bibles that reflect what the ancient authors actually said — instead of ...
... tion , and if you speak English as it was spoken in 1611 it can serve reasonably well . But the archaic language , while incomparably beautiful , presents severe problems . To cite one example that is particularly important to our ...
... our perimeter of protec- tion . 8 As a child , Dr. Alex Hershaft , founder and president of the Farm Animal Reform Movement ( FARM ) , survived the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto by the Nazis . Addressing the 8 The Dominion of Love.
Animal Rights According to the Bible Norm Phelps. tion of the Warsaw ghetto by the Nazis . Addressing the national conference that FARM hosts every year , Dr. Hershaft recently said , " In the Warsaw ghetto , I learned that human beings ...
... tion . It is long past time for us to recognize that the Bible issues that same call in regard to every sentient being , regardless of species . Animals are God's children no less than we . Speaking of most organized religion , Isaac ...
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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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