All Animals Matter: Marc Bekoff's Contribution to Constructive Christian Theology

Abstract. Along with Jane Goodall, Mark Bekoff proposes that religion can join science in recognizing that animals have minds of their own; that humans can humbly imagine themselves inside these minds, all the while recognizing their independent integrity; and that, as creatures with psyches, animal...

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Main Author: McDaniel, Jay (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2006
In: Zygon
Year: 2006, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-58
Further subjects:B Ethology
B consciousness of animals
B Earth Charter
B spirituality and animals
B animal protection
B Process Philosophy
B animal minds
B cognitive ethology
B Alfred North Whitehead
B theology of animals
B Process theology
B Marc Bekoff
B Jane Goodall
B ecojustice
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Summary:Abstract. Along with Jane Goodall, Mark Bekoff proposes that religion can join science in recognizing that animals have minds of their own; that humans can humbly imagine themselves inside these minds, all the while recognizing their independent integrity; and that, as creatures with psyches, animals deserve respect and care. In his various writings Bekoff offers many hints of what a theology of animal minds might look like and how it might be part of a more comprehensive theology of respect and care for the community of life. Process or Whiteheadian theology offers a way of appreciating Bekoff's insights, linking them with the ecojustice movement, showing how they can be linked with various themes in evolutionary biology, and developing a threefold approach to animal well-being: cosmological, ethical, and spiritual. In so doing, process thought shows how the practice of science, particularly as expressed in cognitive theology, involves a marriage of empathy and observation, which represents science and spirituality at their best.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00725.x