Animals & Religion at the School of Divinity

Research at the School of Divinity, on animals/nonhumans/creation in religious thought.

There is a list of staff working in this area, along with their email contact details. Please reach out to the scholars if anyone would like to discuss collaboration or outreach opportunities.

Academics working on the topic

Name	Role	Email	Profile
Dr. Peter Joshua Atkins	Postdoctoral Fellow in Old Testament and Hebrew Bible	peter.atkins@ed.ac.uk	Dr. Peter Joshua Atkins
Dr. David Grumett	Senior Lecturer, Theology and Ethics; Convener, Research Ethics Committee	david.grumett@ed.ac.uk	Dr. David Grumett
Dr Suzanna Millar	Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament	Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk	Dr. Suzanna Millar
Professor Rachel Muers	Chair of Divinity	rachel.muers@ed.ac.uk	Professor Rachel Muers
Dr. Bethany Sollereder	Lecturer in Science and Religion	b.sollereder@ed.ac.uk	Dr. Bethany Sollereder

Public Facing Resources

Bethany Sollereder

Suzanna Millar

Public lecture (Gowland Lecture 2023 for the Science and Religion Forum)
Podcast (OnScript): The Bible and Animal Studies
Written interview (in Ancient Jew Review): "Moses Was an Animal, and Other Insights from Animal Studies"
Article (for Sarx): “Know well the faces of your sheep”: Compassion for Animals in the Old Testament."
ReligionWise podcast: "Religion, Animals, and the Bible"

Peter J. Atkins

New Books Network: "The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary" (October 6, 2024) https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-animalising-affliction-of-nebuchadnezzar-in-daniel-4
Article for WildCard, "Rewilding Christian Approaches to Ecological Issues," https://wildcard.land/2024/10/rewilding-christian-approaches-to-ecological-issues

Books and monographs

The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary, Atkins, P. J., 26 Jan 2023, T. & T. Clark. (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare, Grumett, D., 11 Jul 2024, Cascade Books.

Theology on the Menu: Asceticism, Meat and Christian Diet

Grumett, D. & Muers, R., 23 Feb 2010, 1st ed. London: Routledge. 232 p.

Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology, Grumett, D. (ed.) & Muers, R. (ed.), 1 Oct 2008, T. & T. Clark.

Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic, Walker-Jones, A. W. (ed.) & Millar, S. R. (ed.), 24 May 2024, SBL. (Semeia Studies; vol. 104)

Why is there suffering? Pick your own theological expedition, Sollereder, B., 2 Nov 2021, 1 ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

God, evolution, and animal suffering: Theodicy without a fall, Sollereder, B., 29 Oct 2018, Routledge.

Academic Journal

Please see their personal webpages for a list of academic journal publications.

Recording of CTPI events

This article was published on 2024-10-31