The friends we keep : unleashing Christianity's compassion for animals / Laura Hobgood-Oster.

"Today we find ourselves in an anomaly in human history: many of our lives are empty of animals. We have pets and sometimes watch documentaries on Animal Planet, but few of us know how the other species on our planet really live today. And as Laura Hobgood-Oster reveals, many are not living very wel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobgood-Oster, Laura, 1964-
Language:English
Published: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2010], ©2010.
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Physical Description:xx, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : even dogs deserve the crumbs
  • What a friend we have : our animal companions
  • Lions and Christians : animals in sport
  • Eating mercifully : animals for food
  • Good Christian hospitality : animals at home on the earth
  • Where have all the animals gone?