A communion of subjects : animals in religion, science, and ethics /
Paul Waldau and Kimberley Patton, editors.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
- xxxi, 686 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Animals in religion, science, and ethics : in and out of time -- Animals in Abrahamic traditions -- Animals in Indian traditions -- Animals in Chinese traditions -- East meets West : animals in philosophy and cultural history -- Animals in myth -- Animals in ritual -- Animals in art -- Animals as subjects : ethical implications for science -- Are animals for humans? the issues of factory farming -- Contemporary challenges : law, social justice, and the environment -- Animals and the law.