Andrew Linzey
Andrew Linzey (* 2. February 1952 ) is a British Anglican priest , theologian , author and a leading figure in the Christian - vegetarian movement. He is a member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University and held the world's first academic post in ethics , theology and animal welfare , the Bede Jarret Senior Research Fellowship at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.
Linzey is the founder and director of the Oxford Center for Animal Ethics , an independent research center that opened in November 2006 to advance research into and engagement with animal ethics. He is the author of books on animal rights including: Animal Rights: A Christian Perspective (1976), Christianity and the Rights of Animals (1987), Animal Theology (1994), and Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics (2009 ). He is also the editor of a scientific journal, the Journal of Animal Ethics , jointly published by the Oxford Center and the University of Illinois . He is also co-editor with Priscilla Cohn of the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series .
Act
Linzey published more than 180 articles and twenty monographs on theological and ethical issues, authored or edited. He has lectured in Europe and the United States . His animal theology has been translated into Italian , Spanish , Japanese, and French .
He is mostly quoted with the following words: "Animals are God's creatures and neither human property nor tools, raw materials or goods, but valuable beings before God. [...] Christians , whose eyes are fixed on the terrible crucifixion , are special Position to understand the horror of innocent suffering. The cross of Christ is God's absolute identification with the weak, the powerless and the vulnerable, but above all with unprotected, unprotected, innocent suffering. " He also said: "Christians did not get much further than believing that the whole world was made for us, with the result that animals are only instrumentally viewed as objects, machines, tools and goods or raw materials rather than fellow creatures ", and he claims that he" wants animal abusers to be registered and forbidden to keep or work with animals ".
Awards and honors
In 1990 he was awarded the Peaceable Kingdom Medal for outstanding work in the field of animal theology. In June 2001, he was selected by George Leonard Carey , the Archbishop of Canterbury , with the title Doctor of Divinity "unique and tremendous pioneering work in the field of theology of creation, with particular regard to the rights and well-being of God's creatures" of his in recognition excellent. This award was given for the first time for work on animals. In 2006, in recognition of his role in founding the Oxford Center for Animal Ethics, Linzey was appointed Henry Bergh Professor of Animal Ethics at the Graduate Theological Foundation in the United States, the first such professorship of its kind in the world.
Selected Works
author
- Animal Rights: A Christian Perspective (London: SCM Press, 1976)
- Christianity and the Rights of Animals (London: SPCK and New York: Crossroad, 1987 and 1989)
- Animal Theology (London: SCM Press and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994 and 1996)
- with Dan Cohn-Sherbok. After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology (London: Mowbray, now Continuum, 1997)
- Animal Gospel: The Christian Defense of Animals (Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1998), ISBN 0-340-62150-8
- Animal Gospel: Christian Faith as If Animals Mattered (London: Hodder and Stoughton, and Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster / John Knox Press, 1999 and 2000)
- Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care (London: SCM Press and Cleveland: Ohio: The Pilgrim Press, 1999 and 2001)
- Creatures of the Same God: Explorations in Animal Theology (New York: Lantern Books, 2009). ISBN 978-1-59056-142-3
- Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2009). ISBN 978-0-19-537977-8
editor
- with Tom Regan . Song of Creation: An Anthology of Poems in Praise of Animals (London: Marshall Pickering 1988)
- with Tom Regan. Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings (London: SPCK and New York: Crossroad, 1989 and 1990)
- with PAB Clarke. Political Theory and Animal Rights (London: Pluto Press, 1990)
- The Animal World Encyclopaedia (Kingsley Media, 2005)
- with Peter Wexler. Fundamentalism and Tolerance (Canterbury Papers) Bellew Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-947792-74-0
- Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society (Routledge, 1995)
- with Dorothy Yamamoto. Animals on the Agenda: Questions about Animals for Theology and Ethics (London: SCM Press and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998 and 1999)
- Gays and the Future of Anglicanism: Responses to the Windsor Report (O Books, 2005) ISBN 1-905047-38-X
- with Paul Barry Clarke. Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology (Columbia University Press, 2005) ISBN 0-231-13420-7
- The Global Guide to Animal Protection (University of Illinois Press, 2013), foreword by Desmond Tutu , ISBN 978-0-252-07919-1
Individual evidence
- ^ "Welcome" , "Advisers" and "Honorary Fellows" . Oxford Center for Animal Ethics. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ↑ Bingham, John. "Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim" . The Daily Telegraph , April 28, 2011.
- ↑ Jesus People for Animals . Jesusveg.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
- ^ Andy Bloxham: Christian attitudes to animals 'are akin to sexism and racism' . Telegraph . Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ↑ Oxford theologian calls for animal cruelty register | Christian News on Christian Today . Christiantoday.com. September 27, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ Director - Oxford Center for Animal Ethics . Oxfordanimalethics.com. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Linzey, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Anglican priest, theologian, author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1952 |