Creaturely Theology: On God, Humans, and Other Animals

Abstract

Contributions are from a colloquium "Towards a theology of the animal : systematic, scientific and ethical perspectives" held at St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, 2-4 November 2007. Part. I. Historical approaches -- ch. 1. Towards a Thomistic theology of animality / John Berkman -- ch. 2. The anxiety of the human animal : Martin Luther on non-human animals and human animality / David Clough -- ch. 3. Animals in Orthodox iconography / Esther D. Reed -- Part II. Systematic approaches -- ch. 4. The redemption of animals in an incarnational theology / Denis Edwards -- ch. 5. The way of all flesh : rethinking the imago dei / David S. Cunningham -- Part III. Hermeneutical approaches -- ch. 6. The question of the creature : animals, theology and Levinas' dog / Aaron S. Gross -- ch. 7. The animals we write on : encountering animals in texts / Rachel Muers -- ch. 8. Elves, hobbits, trolls and talking beasts / Stephen R.L. Clark -- Part IV. The moral status of animals -- ch. 9. Slouching towards Jerusalem? : an anti-human theology of rough beasts and other animals / Peter Manley Scott -- ch. 10. Are animals moral? : taking soundings through vice, virtue, conscience and imago dei / Celia Deane-Drummond -- ch. 11. Humans, animals, evolution and ends / Neil Messer -- Part V. Ecological perspectives -- ch. 12. 'They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain' (Isaiah 65.25) : killing for philosophy and a creaturely theology of non-violence / Michael Northcott -- ch. 13. The new days of Noah? : assisted migration as an ethical imperative in an era of climate change / Christopher Southgate -- Postscript / David Clough and Celia Deane-Drummond.