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Saints of Feather and Fang

How the Animals We Love and Fear Connect Us to God
  • ISBN-13: 9781506472089
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: BROADLEAF BOOKS
  • By Caryn Rivadeneira
  • Price: AUD $49.99
  • Stock: 10 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 18/10/2022
  • Format: Hardback (222.00mm X 146.00mm) 208 pages Weight: 318g
  • Categories: Animals & society [JFFZ]
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From sheepdogs to wombats to coyotes to jellyfish, animals serve important biological roles in the world. But those who love animals know there's more. We know our connection to other creatures is more than fur, scale, or feather deep. In Saints of Feather and Fang, writer and lifelong animal lover Caryn Rivadeneira looks at the ways that animals--from the pets who share our homes to the mysterious creatures of the deep--serve as spiritual guides for our hearts, minds, and souls. Christian scripture teems with mammals, birds, and reptiles, and research on animals' sensory responses suggests that we not only care for our beloved animals but they, at times, care for us. A therapy pony who visits stroke victims, a rescued pit bull who shows restraint, hedgehogs that scurry down highways made just for them: these stories offer entree to tender, whimsical, and deeply theological reflection on creaturely delight, instinct, curiosity, adaptation, fear, and awe. In them we discover and connect with the God who beckons, rescues, and shelters us with stretched-out wings.
Caryn Rivadeneira is the acclaimed author of seventeen books for children and adults, including the multi-award-winning Helper Hounds series. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, Relevant, Aleteia, and many more. She is a member of INK: A Creative Collective and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Caryn lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her family and their beloved rescue pit bulls.
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