Animals on the Agenda: Questions about Animals for Theology and Ethics

This encyclopedic volume is the most comprehensive collection of original

studies on animals and theology ever published. Contributors from both

sides of the Atlantic tackle fundamental questions about theology and

how it is put into practice.

Do animals have immortal souls? Does Christ's reconciling work include

animals? Contributors address these issues and more in the context of

scriptural perspectives, the Christian tradition, historical disputes,

and obligations to animals.

As Andrew Linzey points out in his introduction, it cannot be right for

theological practitioners to carry on their business as though the world

of animals were invisible. Mainstream Christianity still propagates a

range of ideas about animals that are hugely detrimental to their status

and welfare. This important volume argues that it is time for a change.