The Souls of Animals in Christianity and Mahāyāna Buddhism

Both Christians and Buddhists have largely assumed that Buddhism, not Christianity, values the lives of animals and believes in the continuous existence of the animal soul or spirit after death. This article, however, argues otherwise, by examining Christian scriptures and visual traditions from the...

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Published in:Buddhist Christian studies
Main Author: Shin, Junhyoung (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press [2019]
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Animals / Soul / Jat̄aka / Mahayana
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BL Buddhism
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Soul music
B St. Thomas Aquinas
B Animals
B Mahāyāna Buddhism
B Jātaka
B St. Blaise
B St. Francis of Assisi
B Christianity
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