Holy dogs and asses : animals in the Christian tradition / Laura Hobgood-Oster.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobgood-Oster, Laura, 1964-
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Animals > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Physical Description:xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Weaving and roaring : animals and a religious studies-centered methodological bricolage
  • Guardians of the gateway : shifting historical settings for Christianity and animals
  • The Ephesian lion and clay sparrows : animals in the Christian canon and early apocryphal traditions
  • Counted among the saints : animals in medieval hagiography
  • The granted image : dogs in Christian story and art
  • Animals return to the sanctuary : blessings of animals in contemporary American culture
  • Animals are good to think : transforming theological considerations of animals.