Lutherans, animals and ministry: unleashing theology

Susan Carole Roy

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Lutherans, animals and ministry: unleashing theology

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Susan Carole Roy. Lutherans, Animals and Ministry: Unleashing Theology. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e9722e5f-fd5e-4604-949b-ea19962d47aa?locale=de.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

S. C. Roy. Lutherans, animals and ministry: unleashing theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e9722e5f-fd5e-4604-949b-ea19962d47aa?locale=de

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Susan Carole Roy. Lutherans, Animals and Ministry: Unleashing Theology. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e9722e5f-fd5e-4604-949b-ea19962d47aa?locale=de.

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Susan Carole Roy

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The relationship that people share with animals, called the human-animal bond, finds expression in Judeo-Christian theology as a meaningful venue for spiritual growth. The author explores ways in which a viable mainline church ministry could be developed to serve the human-animal bond. A case study of the author's personal story in ministering to people and companion animals, and doing so within an ecclesiastical structure, serves as the method of research. A pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the author concludes that Lutheran theology supports the development of ministries to the human-animal bond, while ecclesiastical polity invites further exploration.

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