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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ethical tropes in American kosher certification
  • The event and response
  • The absent presence : animals in the history of the study of religion
  • After the subject : hunter-gatherers and the reimagination of religion
  • Disavowal, war, sacrifice : Jacques Derrida and the reimagination of religion
  • Sacrificing animals and being a mensch : dominion, reverence, and the meaning of modern meat.

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