The question of the animal and religion : theoretical stakes, practical implications /

Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gross, Aaron S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Animals > Religious aspects.
Meat animals > Religious aspects.
Animaux > Aspect religieux.
Animaux de boucherie > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Ethics.
Meat animals > Religious aspects
Animals > Religious aspects
Religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have almost without exception approached religion as a phenomenon that radically marks humans off from other animals, but Gross rejects this paradigm, instead matching religion more closely with the life sciences to better theorise human nature.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231538374
0231538375

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