I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals. — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
The Bible nowhere says that animals are just made for human use. It does not say that the whole earth is just… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
We can't change the world for animals without changing our ideas about animals. We have to move from the idea that animals… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians whose eyes… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Christian theology provides some of the best arguments for respecting animal life and for taking seriously animals as partners with us within… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
For if animals are God's creatures, we have no absolute rights over them, only the duty to look after them as God… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better for animals.… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Looking back through the mists of time, I recall some distinctly religious experiences in my teens--when I was only fourteen years old to be… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists may talk… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians whose eyes are fixed… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality.… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
I do not oppose violence simply because it is counterproductive. I oppose it because it betrays animal rights philosophy. Those who resort to such… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Familiarity with holy things can often engender blindness, and churches are, for all their merits, institutions that embody, perhaps more than most, the will… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to care for… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
It took Christians many years to realize that we cannot love God and also keep humans as slaves. It has taken even longer for… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place. — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
We can't change the world for animals without changing our ideas about animals. We have to move from the idea that animals are things,… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
Although Christianity has a poor record on animals (as it does, it must be said, on the treatment of slaves, women, children, and gays),… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share
