Animal Rites:
Liturgies of Animal Care
By Andrew Linzey
From All-Creatures
Book and Video Review Guide
Moo-ving people toward compassionate living

The intent of this book and video review guide is to help us to live according to Kingdom standards which bring Heaven to earth.

Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care
By Andrew Linzey
Reviewed by Mary T. Hoffman

Publisher:

The Pilgrim Press
700 Prospect Avenue East
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1100 U.S.A.
www.pilgrimpress.com 

Copyright © 1999 Andrew Linzey
186 Pages
ISBN 0-8298-1451-5
$16.00 US

Cover art courtesy of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio
Cover design by Robyn Henderson

Review:

Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care by Andrew Linzey is absolutely outstanding in every way! The prayers in this remarkable book are so uplifting and so beautiful that I know God inspired them. My very soul is touched by the magnificence of these liturgies, and I rejoice that there are some people in this fallen world who have allowed their hearts and souls to be taught and transformed by our Lord Jesus Christ.

In addition, in this book I now have a handy resource of “Additional Prayers and Readings” by historical figures and a “Guide to Sources and Further Reading” that makes my research so much easier.

Here is a portion of just one of the many prayers from this book that resonate with me and cause me to say, “Yes! This is truth!”:

Merciful God
we are made in your image
but we have made gods of ourselves;
we have turned your creatures
into things and machines,

making them objects of our sport
using them for our vanity,
exploiting them for our greed
and stealing their lives;

but you are the liberating God
who can transform
even ourselves;

help us to turn from
our evil
and embrace
the vision
of your peaceable
kingdom:

They shall not hurt nor destroy
in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah. 11:9, RSV)

My prayer is that this much-needed book of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care by Andrew Linzey will find a place everywhere and will be a catalyst of positive change, lifting us all closer to God’s original intent for His entire creation.

About the author:

Andrew Linzey is an Anglican priest and an internationally known theologian working in the area of Christianity and animals. He is a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford and holds the world’s first post in theology and animal welfare at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. He has written or edited twenty books including pioneering works on theology and animals, including Animal Theology (1994) and Animal Gospel (1998). He lives in Oxford, England.

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The calf photo on this pages is from Farm Sanctuary with our thanks.

All of the beliefs and ideas presented by the writers of the reviewed publications may not necessarily represent all those held by The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation, but since they do seek to make this a kinder and more compassionate world, they have been included.

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