Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare

Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare is an academic research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) between 2018 and 2022. An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor David Clough worked with 14 partner organizations including UK churches, farming and veterinary groups, and Christian animal advocacy organizations. In the final year of the project, researchers worked with school teachers and academic staff in theological education alongside 8 new partner organizations working in religious education to produce educational resources related to the research.

The project produced a range of academic outputs that set out a new Christian approach to farmed animal welfare, provided a practical framework for churches and other organizations to use to inform their food policy and purchasing, and produced educational resources for schools, teachers of religious education, and theological educators, to engage with areas related to project research.

The Research Team would like to acknowledge with gratitude the extensive work and invaluable contributions that representatives of partner organizations, RE teachers, participating schools, and academic staff in theological education, made to the project. They are listed below.