Animals on the Agenda

This encyclopedic volume is the most comprehensive collection of originalstudies on animals and theology ever published. Contributors from bothsides of the Atlantic tackle fundamental questions about theology andhow it is put into practice.Do animals have immortal souls? Does Christ's reconciling work includeanimals? Contributors address these issues and more in the context ofscriptural perspectives, the Christian tradition, historical disputes,and obligations to animals.As Andrew Linzey points out in his introduction, it cannot be right fortheological practitioners to carry on their business as though the worldof animals were invisible. Mainstream Christianity still propagates arange of ideas about animals that are hugely detrimental to their statusand welfare. This important volume argues that it is time for a change.