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“GOING TO THE DOGS”: CANID ETHOLOGY AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION
Author(s) -
Howell Nancy R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00726.x
Subject(s) - ethology , diversity (politics) , reflection (computer programming) , construct (python library) , epistemology , psychology , sociology , ecology , anthropology , social psychology , philosophy , biology , computer science , programming language
. Theological reflection often treats animals in the very broadest terms and establishes a dramatic difference between humans and animals. Empirical observations, however, describe animals and their relationship to humans in more nuanced ways. Marc Bekoff's science, which integrates ethology and ecology, generates a view of the complex social behaviors of animals and entails observations about difference. Dialogue with Bekoff's sensitive awareness of animal behavior is the occasion to construct a theology of nature that is better informed about diversity among animals and differences within and among species.