Christianity and the Rights of Animals

Suggests a theological case for the rights of animals, criticizes human insensitivity toward animal life, and describes the way animals should be treated

Andrew Linzey is Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God, and Why Animal Suffering Matters. He is also author of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care and co-editor of Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings both published by Wipf and Stock.