Tag: animals and souls

“Do Animals Have Souls?” How we answer that question should significantly influence how we interact with and think about animals. And if their spiritual makeup is a crucial large-scale question, their status in the context of family life is an important smaller-scale question. Is a pet a member of the family, or merely part of the household?

For those of us who feel extremely attached to our pets, the question of whether they have souls may have two components: emotional and theological.