How Long to Read The Question of the Animal and Religion

How Long Does it Take to Read The Question of the Animal and Religion?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Question of the Animal and Religion by Aaron S. Gross

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron S. Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists have almost without exception approached religion as a phenomenon that radically marks humans off from other animals, but Gross rejects this paradigm, instead matching religion more closely with the life sciences to better theorize human nature. Gross begins with a detailed account of the scandals at Agriprocessors and their significance for the American and international Jewish community. He argues that without a proper theorization of "animals and religion," we cannot fully understand religiously and ethically motivated diets and how and why the events at Agriprocessors took place. Subsequent chapters recognize the significance of animals to the study of religion in the work of Ernst Cassirer, Emile Durkheim, Mircea Eliade, Jonathan Z. Smith, and Jacques Derrida and the value of indigenous peoples' understanding of animals to the study of religion in our daily lives. Gross concludes by extending the Agribusiness scandal to the activities at slaughterhouses of all kinds, calling attention to the religiosity informing the regulation of "secular" slaughterhouses and its implications for our relationship with and self-imagination through animals.

How long is The Question of the Animal and Religion?

The Question of the Animal and Religion by Aaron S. Gross is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Question of the Animal and Religion Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Question of the Animal and Religion aloud.

What Reading Level is The Question of the Animal and Religion?

The Question of the Animal and Religion is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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