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Date of Publication: May 24
Year of Publication: 2022
Publication City: London, UK
Publisher: The Conversation
Author(s): Tamas Lestar
Christianity is often regarded as a staunch opponent of veganism – after all, most Christian denominations are highly carnivorous in their dietary ethics.
Many proclaim liberty to consume animal flesh as they assume animals to be a gift created for food by God. The Bible’s depiction of human-animal relations has been used to justify this position. According to the book of Genesis (1:26), God entrusted humans with dominion over the animal kingdom. For centuries, this text was used to justify slaughter and meat consumption by many who understood it to imply rulership.
However, there have been some contemporary challenges to this interpretation.
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