How Do You Baptize a Whale?: An Encouragement to Compassion - Hardcover

by Andrew Kadel (Author), Rebecca Lyman (Foreword by)

How Do You Baptize a Whale? raises the question of why humans believe they rule the universe--especially when they share planet Earth with amazing creatures like whales and elephants. Episcopal priest Drew Kadel's argument is that it's not tools or technology that make humans great; it's their ability to show compassion toward fellow humans and, indeed, all of God's creation. He also explores how religion has been misused to justify power, colonialism, and racism and invites readers to rethink what it really means to live faithfully and ethically.

Author Biography

Drew Kadel is an Episcopal priest and Professor Emeritus of the General Theological Seminary, where he was director of the library. For the past decade he's preached at churches in the Bronx and elsewhere. His sermons can be found at drewkadel.wordpress.com. His previous book, Matrology: A Bibliography of Writings by Christian Women from the First to the Fifteenth Centuries, was published in 1995.