Human and non-human animals in the presence of the Creator God
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This article originates from a paper presented at the ecumenical conference "Animals in the Economy of Salvation" organized at the Institut Saint-Serge in 2009. Anne Marie Reijnen, a Reformed theologian, offers a critical reflection on the silence of Christian theology in the face of animal suffering, rendered invisible by contemporary industrial practices. Drawing on dissident figures — Francis of Assisi, Giordano Bruno, Montaigne, Albert Schweitzer and Jürgen Moltmann — she shows that the majority tradition has marginalized any thought favorable to animals through ridicule, relegation or domestication. The article argues for a principled approach, capable of encompassing all living beings, by articulating Christology, doxology and a cosmic vision of salvation. The theological contribution lies in the mobilization of the cosmic Christ and apokatastasis as universal categories allowing non-human animals to be integrated into the divine economy.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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