One of the most frequent questions we get is “what should I read?”
Ten or fifteen years ago, you had to dig a little to find more than a few good works on animals and Christian theology. But today, you can build a decent little library. Here are a few of our absolute favorites (and yes, we wrote some of them).
Bibliography
- Carol J. Adams, Prayers for Animals
- Richard Bauckham, Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology
- Charles Camosy, For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action
- David Clough, On Animals: Volume I – Systematic Theology
- David Clough and Celia Deane-Drummond, eds. Creaturely Theology: On God, Humans and Other Animals
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals (not a Christian book, but a must-read)
- Ellen Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture
- Michael Gilmour, Eden’s Other Residents
- Amy Hatkoff, The Inner World of Farmed Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities
- Laura Hobgood-Oster, The Friends We Keep: Unleashing Christianity’s Compassion for Animals
- Sarah Withrow King, Animals Are Not Ours (No, Really, They’re Not): An Evangelical Animal Liberation Theology
- Sarah Withrow King, Vegangelical: How Caring for Animals Can Shape Your Faith
- Andrew Linzey, Animal Theology
- Andrew Linzey and Tom Regan, Animals & Christianity: A Book of Readings
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals
- Daniel Miller, Animal Ethics and Theology
- Norman Phelps, Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the Bible
- Carl Safina, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
- Matthew Scully, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
- Tripp York and Andy Alexis-Baker, eds. A Faith Embracing All Creatures: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Care for Animals
For Children
- Dan Bodenstein, Steven the Vegan
- James Patterson, Word of Mouse
- C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, especially The Magician’s Nephew
- Ruby Roth, That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things
- Ruby Roth, V Is for Vegan: The ABCs of Being Kind
One Response
Thank you – this is so helpful! 🙂