The question of the animal and religion : theoretical stakes, practical implications / Aaron Gross.
Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have almost without exception approached religion as a phenomenon that radically marks humans off from other animals, but Gross rejects this paradigm, instead matching religion more closely with the life sciences to better theorise human nature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231538374 0231538375 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |