The Theology of Dog Training in Vicki Hearne's Adam's Task

“The Theology of Dog Training” demonstrates the rich and surprising ways in which religion plays a primary role in how people make sense of their relationships with their companion animals. In the first sustained analysis of Adam's Task in religious studies, I argue that feminist writer and dog...

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Main Author: Mershon, Katharine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B gender and animals
B Adam and Eve
B dog training
B Sin
B the Book of Genesis
B animal ethics
B animal studies
B Redemption
B Donna Haraway
B Vicki Hearne
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