There is no more important treatment of ethical questions than David Clough's two-volume work On Animals (Bloomsbury), which he completed last year. The first volume, Systematic Theology, offers a clear-minded theological account of the interconnectedness of all things. The second, Theological Ethics, presents a series of proposals on what those interconnections require of us. Clough seems to have thought through every possible question from every possible angle...

The Christian Century

David Clough's On Animals is indisputably the most important and comprehensive theological treatment of animals to have appeared in any language at any time in the Christian tradition.

Brian Brock, Reader in Theological Ethics, University of Aberdeen, International Journal for Systematic Theology

I am neither a Christian nor a theologian, but anyone concerned about human mistreatment of animals will hope that Clough's view prevails among Christians.

Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, USA

Clough's work in On Animals is progressive and explorative ... a new benchmark for the field.

Matthew Barton, University of Leeds, UK, Theological Book Review

A mix of constructive theology and critical doctrinal survey

James R. A. Merrick, St. Francis University, Anglican Theology Review