The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals

by Paul Waldau

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This new study looks at how non-human animals have been viewed in the Buddhist and Christian religious traditions. The concept of speciesism, coined in 1970 as an analogy to racism and discussed almost exclusively within philosophical circles, is used to explore very basic questions about which animals, human or otherwise, were significant to early Buddhists and Christians. Drawing on scriptures and interpretive traditions in Christianity and Buddhism,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195145712

ISBN13:9780195145717

Release Date:December 2001

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"

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Animal Rights Buddhism Christian Books & Bibles Christian Living Comparative Religion Ethics Linguistics Nature Nature & Ecology Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Theology Words, Language & Grammar

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