All God's Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics PDF
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All God’s Animals Selected Titles from the Moral Traditions Series David Cloutier, Darlene Weaver, and Andrea Vicini, SJ, Editors The Acting Person and Christian Moral Life Moral Evil Darlene Fozard Weaver Andrew Michael Flescher Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading The Origins of War: A Catholic Nicholas Austin, SJ Perspective Matthew A. Shadle Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature Charles E. Curran and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine Creative Conformity: The Feminist Aaron Stalnaker Politics of US Catholic and Iranian Shi’i Women Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness Elizabeth M. Bucar of US Catholicism Kristin E. Heyer The Critical Calling: Refl ections on Moral Dilemmas since Vatican II Reconsidering Intellectual Disability: Richard A. McCormick L’Arche, Medical Ethics, and Christian Friendship Diverse Voices in Modern US Moral Jason Reimer Greig Theology Charles E. Curran The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology Family Ethics: Practices for Christians Todd A. Salzman and Julie Hanlon Rubio Michael G. Lawler Hope for Common Ground: Mediating Theological Bioethics: Participation, the Personal and the Political in a Justice, and Change Divided Church Lisa Sowle Cahill Julie Hanlon Rubio The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess Keeping Faith with Human Rights in a Consumer Age Linda Hogan David Cloutier Kinship across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration Kristin E. Heyer All God’s Animals A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics christopher steck, sj Georgetown University Press / Washington, DC © 2019 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for third-party websites or their content. URL links were active at time of publication. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Steck, Christopher W., author. Title: All God’s Animals : A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics / Christopher Steck, SJ. Other titles: Moral Traditions series. Description: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2019. | Series: The moral traditions series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2019004747 (print) | LCCN 2019008940 (ebook) | ISBN 9781626167148 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626167155 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626167162 (ebook : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Animal welfare—Religious aspects—Catholic Church. | Animal welfare—Moral and ethical aspects. Classifi cation: LCC HV4708 .S6423 2019 (print) | LCC HV4708 (ebook) | DDC 241/.693—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019004747 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. 20 19 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First printing Printed in the United States of America. Cover design by Nathan Putens. Cover image from the Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. The image depicts Edge of the Forest at Fontainebleau, Setting Sun, etching after Theodore Rousseau. When the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature—every mortal being that is on earth. —Genesis 9:16 This page intentionally left blank To John S. “Jack” Carroll with hope in the covenant between God and all creatures. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION Animals as Fellow Creatures of the Covenant 1 CHAPTER 1 Tradition: Learning to See Animals 8 CHAPTER 2 Creation: The Imago Dei and a Covenantal Anthropocentrism 56 CHAPTER 3 Redemption: The Divine Magis and Animals 95 CHAPTER 4 Sanctifi cation: The Spirit’s Cosmic Embrace 133 CHAPTER 5 Ethics: Ministers of the Eschatological Covenant 171 iixx
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