Animals in Christian and Muslim Thought

In Andrew Linzey & Clair Linzey (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics. Routledge (2018)
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Abstract

In this chapter, I shall offer a comparative exegesis and critical assessment of the Christian and Muslim views of animals. This chapter is divided into three parts. First, I shall examine the similarities between the Christian and Muslim views on the place of animals in creation. Second, I shall look at the two greatest moral exemplars of the two traditions. Third, I shall address the issue of diet and the broader ethical implications of killing for food. My hope is to show that Christianity and Islam are much more sympathetic to the cause of animals than it is often presumed and that these traditions can provide valuable insights into our relations with our fellow creatures.

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Carl Tobias Frayne
Cambridge University

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