The Redemption of the Animals - by Douglas Sloan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>As human beings, what is our true relationship to the animals on earth? What is our responsibility to our fellow creatures? Douglas Sloan explores these and other questions in this important book on the human-animal connection. His explorations are based on personal experience and wide-ranging research into the work of Rudolf Steiner and others, including scientist students of the inner life of animals and committed defenders of animal wellbeing.</p> <p>Rudolf Steiner describes how, from the beginning of creation, humans and animals have been united in deep kinship. A loss of the sense of this human-animal connection has resulted in an immense animal suffering the world over. Especially now, in their suffering, animals pose many pressing and perplexing questions for the modern humankind, which constitute the primary focus of this book, as well as how Rudolf Steiner presents a vision of the ultimate redemption of the animals from their suffering. What is the nature of this redemption? What is our responsibility in making it happen?</p> <p>Exploring these and related questions with the help of Rudolf Steiner's work and that of others on the issue, we begin to see the importance today of relating to animals in a completely new way--a relationship that can understand and respect the animals' inner spiritual being, and one that requires a deep grasp of our own spiritual being in relation to theirs. Douglas Sloan helps us toward this new relationship with animals, both conceptually and through our everyday actions. </p> <p><strong>C O N T E N T S</strong> </p> <p>Introduction</p> <p><strong>Part I: Two Perspectives on Evolution</strong><br />1. Darwinian Perspective<br />2. Evolution from the Perspective of Rudolf Steiner</p> <p><strong>Part II: The Inner Life of Animals</strong><br />1. Introduction<br />2. Body, Soul, and Spirit: Human and Animal<br />3. Animal Group Soul and Individual Souls<br />4. Animal Play (Again)<br />5. Animal Emotions beyond Play<br />6. Group Soul and Group "I"-being<br />7. Higher Capacities among Certain Animals<br />8. Difference in Kind and/or Difference in Degree<br />9. Evil</p> <p><strong>Part III: Animal Rights</strong><br />1. Introduction<br />2. Do Animals Have Rights?<br />3. Modern Approaches to Animal Rights and Animal Welfare<br />4. Concluding Thoughts on Animal Rights</p> <p><strong>Part IV: Animals in the Modern World</strong><br />1. Biomedical Research and Testing<br />2. Wild Animals<br />3. Factory Farming: The Animal-Academic-Industrial Complex<br />4. Humane Animal Farming<br />5. Vegetarianism</p> <p><strong>Part V: The Redemption of the Animal World </strong><br />1. Our Responsibilities Now and in the Far Future<br />2. The Spiritual-Physical Conditions of Our Present World<br />3. Our Work with the Animals between Our Death and Rebirth<br />4. The "Salamander Animals" after Death<br />5. The Redemption of the Animals<br />6. The Christ-being of Love and Freedom<br />7. Toward a "Planet of Love"</p> <p>Works Cited</p>
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