The Bible According to Noah: Theology as If Animals Mattered
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Gary Kowalski, author of The Souls of Animals, explores the ancient stories of the Creation, Noah's Ark, Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac, the torment of Job, and Jonah and the whale to explore their relevance today--especially in regard to how we view and treat other animals. Kowalski draws together the fascinating findings of animal science with the best religious scholarship to create an ecologically inspired rendition of the scriptures that honors the sanctity and kinship of all living beings. In lyrical and affecting prose, Kowalski uncovers the psychological and spiritual connections we have with other animals and those, such as children, who are left in our care. He calls for a different reading of the ancient wisdom of the Bible--one that advocates nonviolence, tolerates difference, and demands justice. The Reverend Gary Kowalski is the author of The Souls of Animals and Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. A graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Divinity School, he currently serves as minister to the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont. Publishers Weekly Although pets.com has buried its last bone, Americans are still as wild as ever about their four-legged furry friends. Several forthcoming titles explore the relationship between spirituality and animals. The Bible According to Noah: Theology As if Animals Mattered takes this potentially fluffy topic to new depths of intellectual inquiry, examining the role of animals in biblical texts and, by extension, contemporary culture. Arguing that "a new appreciation of animals is desperately needed" to rescue Western society from its own antienvironmentalism, Gary Kowalski offers new renditions of familiar biblical stories: God tells humans to "love the earth and preserve it" instead of dominate it; Abraham cannot, in the end, sacrifice an animal; Jonah is rescued by a dolphin and not swallowed by a whale. ( Mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Prologue: Scriptures for All Species1Chapter 1A New Creation9Chapter 2The Difference the Dove Made31Chapter 3Neither Victims Nor Perpetrators51Chapter 4Ask the Animals and They Will Teach You75Chapter 5The Belly of the Beast95Epilogue: Paradise Lost and Found113Suggestions for Further Reading117
