02454cam a2200289 i 4500 555930476 TxAuBib 20220509120000.0 210721s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781506472089 $22.99 1506472087 $22.99 (OCoLC)1260820795 TxAuBib rda Rivadeneira, Caryn Dahlstrand,. Saints of feather and fang : how the animals we love and fear connect us to God / Caryn Rivadeneira. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, 2022. ©2022. viii, 174 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In Saints of Feather and Fang, writer and lifelong animal lover Caryn Rivadeneira explores the ways that animals--from the pets in our homes to the mysterious creatures of the deep--serve as spiritual guides for our hearts, minds, and souls. Rivadeneira offers whimsical and theological reflections on delight, instinct, adaptation, fear, and awe. 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 entrée 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. 20220510. Animals Religious aspects Christianity. Human-animal relationships Religious aspects Christianity.