The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs Lib/E: Respecting and Caring for All God's Creation

By Joel Salatin

Book Overview

From Christian libertarian farmer Joel Salatin, a clarion call to readers to honor the animals and the land, and produce food based on spiritual principles.
What on earth is The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs? It's an inspiring call to action for people of faith . . . a heartfelt plea to heed the Bible's guidance . . . .

It's an important and thought-provoking explanation of how by simply appreciating the marvelous pigness of pigs, we are celebrating the Glory of God.

As a man of deep faith and student of the Bible, and as a respected and successful ecological family farmer, Joel Salatin knows that God created heaven and earth and meant for all living organisms to be true to their nature and their endowed holy purpose. He intended for us to respect and care for His gift of creation, not to ravage and mistreat it for our own pleasure or wealth.

The example that inspires the book's title explains what Salatin means: when huge corporate farms confine pigs in cramped and dark pens, inject them with antibiotics and feed them herbicide-saturated food simply to increase profits, they are not respecting them as a creation of God or allowing them to express even their most rudimentary uniqueness - that special role that is part of His design. Every living organism has a God-given uniqueness to its life that must be honored and respected, and too often that is not happening today.

Salatin shows us the long overlooked ethics and instructions in the Bible for how to eat, how to shop, how to think about how we farm and feed the world. Through scripture and Biblical stories, he shows us why it's more vital than ever to look to the good book rather than corporate America when feeding the country and your family.

Salatin makes a compelling case for Christian stewardship of the earth and how it relates to every action we take regarding our food. He also opens our eyes to a common misconception many Christians may have about environmentalism: it's not a bad thing, and definitely not just the province of secular liberals; it's really a very good thing, part of heeding God's Word.

With warmth and with humor, but with no less piercing criticism of the industrial food complex, Salatin brings readers on a fascinating journey of farming, food and faith. Readers will not say grace over their plates the same way ever again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455536989
• ISBN13: 9781455536986
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Faithwords
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

I'm so glad he wrote this book

Incredible. It's a tough read but it's worth the time reading. I learned some things, received some confirmation about a few things I felt I should be doing prior to reading the book and even got my pride pinched a time or two. I love this book. I will be sharing it with my friends.

I loved it!!

This book touched my heart about how Joel interprets we should take care of God’s animals and the earth!! I love how he thinks and lives his life!! God bless this man. I want to read all of his books and share them with others!!

Eye opening on several levels.

Wonderful book with great tangible object lessons in Christianity using our food systems as the objects.