{"id":3801,"date":"2018-09-02T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2019-06-02T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:01:57","slug":"resources-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=3801","title":{"rendered":"Resources: A Work in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These are books and articles I read (in addition to the Bible) or plan to read \u2014 that stimulate my thinking on my topic of interest, the human-animal relationship in the Bible. I\u2019ll add to it as I come to things that interest or I think might interest me. I include some readings that may seem far afield. While they aren\u2019t about animals, per se, or the human-animal relationship, they have something to do, in my mind, with the place and value of human life in the hierarchy (or non-hierarchy) of ceation. The list is in no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari-ebook\/dp\/B00ICN066A\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535899333&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Sapiens\"><em>Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind<\/em><\/a> \u00a0by Yuval Noah Harari<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homo-Deus-Brief-History-Tomorrow-ebook\/dp\/B01BBQ33VE\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535899333&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Sapiens\"><em>Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a> by Yuval Noah Harari<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beautiful-Hearts-Possible-Sacred-Activism-ebook\/dp\/B00CQZ5M5A\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535899555&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+more+beautiful+world+our+hearts+know+is+possible\"><i>The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism)<\/i><\/a>\u00a0from Quartz by Charles Eisenstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sacred-Economics-Money-Society-Transition-ebook\/dp\/B004ZZNNKU\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535899629&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Sacred+economics\"><i>Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, And Society In The Age Of Transition<\/i><\/a> by Charles Eisenstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/sierra\/2019-2-march-april\/feature\/does-bear-think-woods\">\u201cDoes A Bear Think in the Woods?\u201d<\/a> From Sierra Club<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hidden-Life-Trees-Communicate-Discoveries-Secret-ebook\/dp\/B01C9116AK\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535900671&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Wohlleben\">The Hidden Life Of Trees: \u00a0What They Feel, How They Communicate\u2014Discoveries From A \u00a0Secret World<\/a> <\/em>by Peter Wohlleben<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secret-Wisdom-Nature-Extraordinary-Observation-ebook\/dp\/B07M945HX8\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Peter+wohlleben&amp;qid=1558829092&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\"><i>The Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy Book 3) by Peter Wohlleben<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Inner-Life-Animals-Compassion-Surprising-Observations-ebook\/dp\/B0714CN7SH\/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535900671&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=Wohlleben\"><i>The Inner Life Of Animals: Love, Grief, And Compassion\u2014Surprising Observations Of A Hidden World<\/i><\/a> by Peter Wohlleben<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Living-Other-Creatures-Richard-Bauckham-ebook\/dp\/B008CFJY3Y\/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_1?keywords=Human+characteristics+in+other+creatures+by+Richard+b&amp;qid=1558815854&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr3\">Living with Other Creatures<\/a> <\/i>by Richard Bauckham<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Personalities-Plate-Lives-Minds-Animals-ebook\/dp\/B06X3YHKH6\/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=personalities+on+our+place+barbara+j.+king&amp;qid=1558816193&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr1\">Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat<\/a> <\/i>by Barbara J. King<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-So-Different-Finding-Animals-ebook\/dp\/B01GBUWKNM\/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=Nathan+Lents+human+characteristics+in+other+animals&amp;qid=1558816292&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr1\">Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Other Animals<\/a> <\/i>by Nathan Lents. Loved this book.<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frans-De-Waal\/e\/B000APOHE0\/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1\">Mama\u2019s Last Hug: What Animal Emotions Tell Us About Ourselves<\/a> <\/i>by Frans De Waal, comparative primatologist. De Waal has authored or co-authored at least 10 books exploring the relationship between humans and non-human animals. I hope to read them all. I first discovered De Waal when I saw a TedTalk on Facebook of his experiments with Capuchin monkeys demonstrating their sense of fairness.<\/li>\n<li>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/animals\/blogs\/mamas-last-hug-frans-de-waal-animal-emotions\">Other Animals Have \u2018Human\u2019 Emotions Too,<\/a>\u201d about Frans Van de Waal\u2019s newest book, <i>Mama\u2019s Last Hug<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals?language=en\"><i>Moral Behavior in Animals<\/i><\/a> &#8211; video, Frans Van de Waal Ted Talk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/godlessindixie\/2016\/10\/23\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion\/?fbclid=IwAR2o0qxDH8xhBhWV4etHvLumS67SBP5joBJHkrPeSUDGhroH0bOMMhUZssc\">\u201cWhat Does the Bible Say About Abortion?\u201d<\/a> From <b>Patheos<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalanimalstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/JCAS-Vol-5-Issue-2-2007.pdf\">Jewish Ethics and Nonhuman Animals<\/a>\u201d by Lisa Kemmerer in <b>Animals Liberation Philosophy and Policy Journal<\/b>,\u00a0Volume 5, Issue 2 &#8211; 2007.<\/li>\n<li>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/amp\/jewish\/.premium-who-was-behind-the-canonization-of-the-hebrew-bible-1.7286146\">Who Decided What Books the Hebrew Bible Would Contain?<\/a>\u201d By Elon Gilad from <i>HaAretz, <\/i>May 26, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are books and articles I read (in addition to the Bible) or plan to read \u2014 that stimulate my thinking on my topic of interest, the human-animal relationship in the Bible. 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