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Course Duration: 1 day
Study mode: Weekend
Start date:
This course last started on 16-Jun-07
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Course Qualification: No qualification or certificate
Course Venue: Oxford University, Department For Continuing Education , Oxfordshire, OX1 2JA
Timetable
Saturday 09.15 - 17.00
Course Description
Like 'feminist theology' and 'ecological theology', 'animal theology' is concerned with understanding animals from a theological standpoint, and explores fundamental questions such as: what status should animals have? how should we relate to them? and how should we treat them? The aim of the course is to help people think creatively and critically about the history of Christian thought and how it currently impacts, both positively and negatively, on our attitudes to animals. The first session will be concerned with exploring the dominant voices within the tradition that have regarded animals as creatures made for our use - without immortal souls, rationality, or value in themselves. Particular attention will be paid to the thought of St Augustine, St Thomas Aquinas, and Martin Luther. In the second session, consideration will be given to various sub-traditions of Christian thought - reflected in apocryphal literature and hagiography - that have offered alternative perspectives and fostered animal-friendly attitudes. The third session will consider how far it is possible to sustain a rational case for the better treatment of animals using both philosophical and theological sources. It will be argued that despite many of its less than positive attitudes, the Christian tradition still possesses the resources for regarding sentient creatures as warranting special moral consideration. The final session will explore the ethical implications in greater detail. All sessions will allow time for discussion. No previous knowledge will be assumed.
Course Venue
1 Wellington Square
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 2JA
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