Toward a Weak Anthropocentrism: with David Fergusson, “God, Christ, and Animals”; Margaret B. Adam, “The Particularity of Animals and of Jesus Christ”; Christopher Carter, “The Imago Dei as the Mind of Jesus Christ”; Stephen H. Webb, “Toward a Weak Anthropocentrism”; and David Clough, “On Thinking Theologically about Animals: A Response.”
In his work on the moral status of nonhuman animals, David Clough rejects the theory of anthropocentrism while accepting its practical importance. He thus leaves theology in a dilemma: reflection on animals should not support the very concept that practical approaches to animals require. An alternat...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2014
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Zygon
Année: 2014, Volume: 49, Numéro: 3, Pages: 761-763 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
weak ontology
B Participation B Anthropocentrism B weak anthropocentrism B Christocentrism B Neoplatonism |
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Résumé: | In his work on the moral status of nonhuman animals, David Clough rejects the theory of anthropocentrism while accepting its practical importance. He thus leaves theology in a dilemma: reflection on animals should not support the very concept that practical approaches to animals require. An alternative is a “weak anthropocentrism” along the line of Gianni Vattimo's “weak ontology.” A weak anthropocentrism is better suited to a Neoplatonic theory of participation, not the traditional framework of creation out of nothing, and it also can give new meaning to the idea of imago Dei and a Christocentric affirmation of nonhuman value. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12120 |