1. Should Christians Eat Animals? The challenge of Christian animal ethics.
- Author
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Clough, David
- Subjects
CHRISTIANS ,FOOD animals ,ANIMAL products ,FAITH (Christianity) ,REDEMPTION ,ENVIRONMENTAL racism - Abstract
This paper makes the case that Christians have strong faithbased reasons for urgent changes in their practice towards animals, particularly with respect to the ways they are now raised for food. It begins by arguing that animal ethics is worth our time both because it is urgent and because it intersects with other areas of ethical concern. It next provides an outline of where animals feature in Christian understandings of creation, reconciliation and redemption. The third section of the article provides a brief survey of how animals are currently being raised for food. It then considers the complex linkages between systems of animal agriculture, environmental racism, the climate crisis and the limited options of farmers. The paper concludes that Christians have reason to reduce consumption of animal products and source any remaining products from higher welfare sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023