The book is the first of its kind to draw together in conversation the views of the early Church contemporary biblical and theological scholarship and postconciliar teachings. Steck develops a comprehensive Catholic theology of animals based on an indepth exploration of Catholicisms fundamental doctrinestrinitarian theology Christology pneumatology eschatology and soteriology. All Gods Animals makes two central claims. First we can hope that God will include animals of the present age in the kingdom inaugurated by Christ. Second because of this inclusion our responses to animals should be guided by the values of the kingdom. As Christians await the final liberation of all creation they are to be witnesses to Gods kingdom by embodying its ideals in their relations with animal life. Because the kingdoms fullness is yet to come and because our world remains marked by the wounds of sin however Christian treatment of animals will at times require acts that are at odds with the kingdoms ideals for example those causing suffering and death. Steck examines each of these ideas and explores all of their complexities.