Animal Theologians

Andrew Linzey is director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and has been a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford for twenty-eight years. He is a visiting professor of animal theology at the University of Winchester. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including Animal Theology (1994), Why Animal Suffering Matters (OUP, 2009), and The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics (2018). Clair Linzey is the deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and professor of animal theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation. She is co-editor of the Journal of Animal Ethics and co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. She is the author of Developing Animal Theology (2021) and has co-edited eight other books with Andrew Linzey.

• About the Editors and the Contributors Introduction: "Before Animal Theology" Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey Part 1: Prophets and Pioneers Chapter 1.1: Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655): Vegetarianism and the Beatific Vision Justin BegleyChapter 1.2: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592): Elephant Theologians Kathleen LongChapter 1.3: Thomas Tryon (1634 - 1703): A Theology of Animal Enslavement Adam BridgenChapter 1.4: John Wesley (1703 - 1791): The Tension between Theological Hope and Biological Reality Ryan Patrick McLaughlinChapter 1.5: Humphry Primatt (1735-1777): Animal Protection and its Revolutionary Contexts Adam BridgenChapter 1.6: William Bartram (1739 - 1823): A Quaker-Inspired Animal Advocacy Michael J. Gilmour Chapter 1.7: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): Capturing the "Anima" in Animals Wesley T. Mott Part 2: Social Sensibility Chapter 2.1: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): "Beholding Birds": A Visual Case against Vivisection Linda JohnsonChapter 2.2: Frances Power Cobbe (1822 - 1904): Theology, Science, and the Anti-Vivisection Movement Chien-hui LiChapter 2.3: Frank Buckland (1826 - 1880) and Henry Parry Liddon (1829 - 1890): Vivisection in Oxford Serenhedd JamesChapter 2.4: Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910): Literature and the Lives of Animals Alice CraryChapter 2.5: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844 - 1911): Writer and ReformerRobyn HedermanChapter 2.6: Muhammad 'Abduh (1849 - 1905): The Transvaal Fatwa, and the Fate of Animals Nuri FriedlanderChapter 2.7: Josiah Oldfield (1863 - 1953): "You can't trust a fellow who lives on nuts": Vegetarianism and the Order of the Golden Age in nineteenth-century Britain A. W. H. BatesChapter 2.8: Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935): Biblical Ethics as the Basis of Rav Kook's A Vision of Vegetarianism and Peace Idan Breier Chapter 2.9: Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869 - 1948): In the Service of All that Lives: The Vision of Engaged Nonviolent Animal Care Kenneth R. Valpey (Krishna Kshetra Swami) Part 3: Deeper Probing Chapter 3.1: Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965): The Life of Reverence Carl Tobias FrayneChapter 3.2: Martin Buber (1878 - 1965): Encountering Animals: A Prelude to the Animal Question Ryan BrandChapter 3.3: Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965): The Method of Correlation and the Possibility of an Animal Ethic Abbey SmithChapter 3.4: Charles Hartshorne (1897 - 2000): Animals in Process Thought Daniel A. DombrowskiChapter 3.5: C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963): Rethinking Dominion: C. S. Lewis and the Sleek, Purring Panther Michael J. GilmourChapter 3.6: Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904 - 1991): 'Myriads of cows and fowls ... ready to take revenge' Beruriah WiegandChapter 3.7: Jürgen Moltmann (1926 -): Creation and Sabbath Theology Ryan Patrick McLaughlinChapter 3.8: Andrew Linzey (1952 -): Animal Theology Ryan Patrick McLaughlin Index

This insightful anthology is a treasure trove of often hidden gems. This parade of writings, from the early pioneers to the most current thought leaders, offers a library of resources for all who wish to deepen their understanding of animal theology. Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey have given us a wonderful gift.