The poetics of the encounter : animals, ethics, and God

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dc.contributor.advisor Faber, Alyda
dc.creator Estey-Burtt, Brandi
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-08T12:40:02Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-08T12:40:02Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25884
dc.description 1 online resource (93 p.)
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-93).
dc.description.abstract Despite growing interest in the past two decades, animal ethics remains a relatively minute area of theology. Some writings have emerged in theological circles arguing for animal rights or even for how to conceive of animals in terms of conventional theological notions such as souls and salvation. However, not many examine ideas and ways of living and being with animals in the ordinary, even mundane, situations of daily life. I suggest we need to cultivate ethical imagination in our interaction with animals, and that one way to do this involves coming face-to-face with them and being attentive to our embodiment. I draw on philosopher Emmanuel Levinas as well as theopoetics to represent the ethical experience of the encounter. Texts such as The Lives of Animals and Disgrace by JM Coetzee provide examples of how we may engage our ethical and theological imagination in day-to-day encounters with animals. en_CA
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dc.publisher Atlantic School of Theology
dc.title The poetics of the encounter : animals, ethics, and God en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Theology and Religious Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.grantor Atlantic School of Theology
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