On God and Dogs <subTitle>A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Webb, Stephen H.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1961-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1998</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>222tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Stephen Webb brings a Christian perspective to bear on the subject of our responsibility to animals, looked at through the lens of our relations with pets--especially dogs. Webb argues that the emotional bond with companion animals should play a central role in the way we think about animals in general, and--against the more extreme animal liberationists--defends the intermingling of the human and animal worlds. He tries to imagine what it would be like to treat animals as a gift from God, and indeed argues that not only are animals a gift for us, but they give to us</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen H. Webb</note> <subject> <topic>Love</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Grace</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Christianity -- Relationships</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">241.693</classification> <classification authority="ddc">W365-S83</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780195116502, 019511650X</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15321/2.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15321/2.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071450.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>