Losing Paradise
.:Paul Irwin:.
Despite ancient tenets of the world's great religions and modern ethical principles, we treat both domesticated and wild animals with almost unimaginable cruelty to “increase profits,” and for “sport” and “fashion.” Can we take our own ethics and religions seriously enough to stop a cycle which begins with cruelty to animals and ends with vilence against people?
Every day, the pressures of development, agriculture, and population growth lead to the destruction of natural habitat. Habitat destruction, in turn reduces populations of plants and animals, leading to extinctions in the worst cases, and to lowered efficiency among ecosystems. If, as many scientists believe, these systems are tightly interelated and interdependent, are we poisoning our own well?
The same practices supporting the cruel treatment of animals and the destruction of the environment are known to be the direct cause of diseases, formerly rare or unknown, which now kill thousands and cause suffering among millions. Can we survive without far-reaching changes in our “conventional practices?
Buy the Book
Click the book or the link below to buy Losing Paradise on Amazon.
Use the form on our contact us page to send us a message or question.
Losing Paradise
About Paul G. Irwin
The author of Losing Paradise is currently President and CEO of the American Bible Society, a New York City based religious society dating to 1816, and is currently the host of the Society's weekly television program, the American Bible Society Presents. At the time of the writing of Losing Paradise, Dr. Irwin was president of the Humane Society of the United States, and the book cites many of the excellent staff of HSUS as subject matter experts. He is considered an expert and is a widely demanded speaker both on religious/bible topics as well as on the humane treatement of animals.
Dr Paul G. Irwin is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church and was formerly an instructor at the Boston University School of Theology.