The Bible according to Noah

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THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO NOAH
Theology as ifAnimals Mattered GARY KOWALSKI
The Reverend Gary Kowalski explores the ancient stories of the Creation, Noahs Ark, Abrahams near sacrifice of Isaac, the torment of Job, and Jonah and the whale to reveal their relevance today—especially in regard to how we view and treat other animals. He creates a vision of the scriptures that honors the sanctity and kinship of all living beings and uncovers the connections we have with animals and those, such as children, who are left in our care. He calls for a reading of the ancient wisdom of the Bible that advocates nonviolence, tolerates difference, and demands justice.
"[Kowalski] takes this topic to new depths of intellectual inquiry [and] offers new renditions of familiar biblical stories."—Publishers Weekly
"A masterpiece, interweaving modern knowledge of animal life and biblical scholarship with a creative imagination. Kowalski offers religious communities an example, based on both knowledge... Tovább

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THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO NOAH
Theology as ifAnimals Mattered GARY KOWALSKI
The Reverend Gary Kowalski explores the ancient stories of the Creation, Noahs Ark, Abrahams near sacrifice of Isaac, the torment of Job, and Jonah and the whale to reveal their relevance today—especially in regard to how we view and treat other animals. He creates a vision of the scriptures that honors the sanctity and kinship of all living beings and uncovers the connections we have with animals and those, such as children, who are left in our care. He calls for a reading of the ancient wisdom of the Bible that advocates nonviolence, tolerates difference, and demands justice.
"[Kowalski] takes this topic to new depths of intellectual inquiry [and] offers new renditions of familiar biblical stories."—Publishers Weekly
"A masterpiece, interweaving modern knowledge of animal life and biblical scholarship with a creative imagination. Kowalski offers religious communities an example, based on both knowledge of scripture and of the spirit, of how to treat animals with the dignity they deserve."
—Mary Lou Randour, author, Animal Grace, Director of Programs, Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
"In a time of ever-increasing specialized knowledge, few among us are wise. As the pages of this beautifully written, empowering book amply attest, Gary Kowalski is one of the few. All who read his words will have much to thank him for."—Tom Regan, author, Defending Animal Rights
The Reverend Gary Kowalski is the author of The Souls of Animals and Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. A graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Divinity School, he currendy serves as minister to the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont. Vissza