The fourth-century theologian Basil the Great expresses the pain that attends the experience of seeing the world differently, while at the same time he prays for renewal of mind and heart: O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, our brothers the animals to whom thou gavest the earth as their home in common with us. We remember with shame that in the past we have exercised the high dominion of [humankind] with ruthless cruelty so that the voice of the earth, which should have gone up to thee in song, has been a groan of travail. May we realize that they live not for us alone but for themselves and for Thee, and that they love the sweetness of life. Ellen F. Davis. Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Kindle Location 765). Kindle Edition.
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