A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Of dogs and asses

Today at the library I picked up what looks like a great new book: Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition, by Laura Hobgood-Oster. It’s a study of the role animals have played in Christian stories, art, iconography, and piety throughout the ages, with an eye toward recovering a more positive view of animals within the tradition and the life of faith. Publisher’s page is here.

I imagine I’ll be posting on this in the days ahead.

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2 responses to “Of dogs and asses”

  1. Indiefaith

    I remember one professor that it is animals who are always faithful in the Bible not people.

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  2. Christopher

    It’s a quite interesting work. I’d just mentioned it recently in one of my posts. I met her at AAR this last year; delightful.

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