David Clough’s two-volume work On Animals claims to be the first systematic Christian theological reflection on the place of nonhuman animals within creation which also provides an ethical reflection on what that might mean for our relationship with nonhuman animals in contemporary (Western) society. In this extended review, we provide a summary of the cumulative arguments across both volumes of On Animals before offering our reflections. While we agree with many though not all of Clough’s theological conclusions, we ultimately conclude that Clough’s ethical solutions are too radical in places, and too optimistic without economic and systemic changes as to how humans relate to the nonhuman world.

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论动物：大卫·克拉夫两卷本作品的扩展评论

大卫克拉夫的两卷本《论动物》声称是第一部系统性的基督教神学反思非人类动物在创造中的地位，这也提供了伦理反思，这对当代（西方）社会中我们与非人类动物的关系可能意味着什么。在这篇扩展评论中，我们在提供我们的思考之前，总结了两卷 On Animals 的累积论点。虽然我们同意克拉夫的许多神学结论，但并非全部，但我们最终得出结论，克拉夫的伦理解决方案在某些地方过于激进，而且在人类与非人类世界的关系方面没有经济和系统变化的情况下过于乐观。