"The greatness of
a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Religious Thought about Animals
Compiled by Dr. Ron Epstein
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I originally constructed this web site primarily
for the benefit of the students in my classes at San Francisco State
University, from which I am now retired. (I am currently a research
professor at the Institute for World Religions in Berkeley, California.)
I am leaving the site online in the hope that people will still find
it to be useful. All of the material is copyrighted. Permission is granted
for individual, single copy, personal use only. Please send suggestions,
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| Religion and Animals | Christianity and Animals |
| Hinduism and Animals | Islam and Animals |
| Buddhism and Animals | Resources for the Study of Religion |
| Judaism and Animals | Resources on Animal Rights |
Biospirituality
and World Religions and Philosophies
"The
Animal Liberation Movement and Global Spirituality" by Mira Foung
Regan, Tom, ed. Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1986.
Hinduism and Animals
Notes
from the Field: Hinduism and Livestock
"Non‑violence
and Animals,"
On Gandhi
by Bart Gruzalski
Buddhist Resources on Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare
Judaism and Animals
Jews for Animal
Rights
The Schwartz Collection on Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
"Kindness to Animals
in Judaism"
Linzey, Andrew and Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology. London: Mowbray, 1997.
Christian Religion and Vegetarian
Resources
Linzey, Andrew. Animal Theology. Urbana: University
of Illinois Press, 1995.
Linzey, Andrew and Regan, Tom, eds. Animals and Christianity: a Book of Readings. NY: Crossroads, 1988.
Linzey, Andrew and Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology. London: Mowbray, 1997.
Linzey, Andrew and Yamamoto, Dorothy, eds. Animals on the Agenda: Questions about Animals for Theology and Ethics. Urbana and Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1998.
Santmire, H. Paul. "St. Augustine's Theology of the Biophysical World." Ecological Consciousness. Schultz and Hughes, eds. Washington DC: UP of America, 1981.
White, Lynn Jr. "St. Francis and the Ecological Backlash."
Morowitz, Harold J. "Christianity Does Not Support Animal Welfare." Animal Rights: Opposing Viewpoints. Rohr, Janelle, ed. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1989.
Regan, Tom. "Christianity and Animal Rights: the Challenge and the Promise." Liberating Life: Contemporary Approaches to Ecological Theology. Charles Birch et. al., eds. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1990.
Islam and Animals
Islamic
Concern and Vegetarianism
Islam
and Vegetarianism
"Meat
& Modernity" by Tarik Abdul-Rahman
Johnson-Davies, Denys. The Island of the Animals. Rpt. Austin: Univ of Texas Press, 1994.
General Resources on Animal Rights
Nature: Inside the Animal Mind
Ethics Updates: The Moral Status of Animals
How to Win an Argument with a Meat-Eater I
How to Win an Argument with a Meat-Eater II
Sorabji, Richard. Animal Minds and Human Morals: the Origins of the Western Debate. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1993.
Midgley, Mary. Animals and Why They Matter. Rpt. Atlanta: Univ of Georgia Press, 1998.
Singer, Peter. Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals. NY: New York Review Book (Random House), 1975.
Regan, Tom. The Case for Animal Rights. Berkeley and Los Angeles:University of California Press, 1983.
Waldau, Paul. The Specter of Speciesism. Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Page, George. Inside the Animal Mind. NY: Doubleday, 1999.
Greek, C. Ray and Greek, Jean Swingle. Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals. New York and London: Continuum, 2000.
de Waal, Frans. Good Natured: The origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals. Cambridge and London: Harvard UP, 1996.