A Christian Rationale for Vegetarianism |
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| Authors: | By Kristin Johnston Largen |
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| Affiliation: | Kristin Johnston Largen is associate professor of Systematic Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA. Her book, What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation;, was published by Fortress Press in March, 2009. She is also the editor of Dialog. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : This article lays out an argument for vegetarianism based on a Christian theological rationale, specifically on a new articulation of a Christian anthropology for the 21st century. What I suggest is that an exploration of what it means to be human in a contemporary first world context leads to the conclusion that vegetarianism is a logical expression of one's understanding of oneself as a Christian, and one's exercise of one's Christian faith and discipleship. |
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| Keywords: | vegetarianism Christian anthropology animal rights animal ethics imago Dei |
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