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Ruby R . Alemu

University of Aberdeen, Theological Ethics, Graduate Student

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PhD Candidate in Theological Ethics, University of Aberdeen
Durham University Theology and Religion BA (Hons), MA

Research areas: Nonhuman Animal Theology; Ethics of Food and Diet; Catholic Social Teaching; Laudato Si'; Anthropocentrism; Theological Anthropology and Animality
Supervisors: David Clough, Carmody Grey, and Christopher Insole

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Thesis Chapters by Ruby R . Alemu

Religious or Lived? Discussing the Metaphysics of Simone Weil

This essay details the nature of Simone Weil's metaphysical writings as properly 'religious'. Thi... more This essay details the nature of Simone Weil's metaphysical writings as properly 'religious'. This essay attends to this by considering Weil as responding to the human condition, and advocating a practical approach to her own thought. In the second section, the essay turns to ways in which Weil is a lived example of her own metaphysics, before moving to the final section in evaluating the paradoxical interrelationship of her musings-the paradoxical relationship between her life and her thought. Whilst only teetering on the edge between Christianity and atheism, Weil's spiritual path is evidently Christian for three major reasons: her solidarity with the affliction of others attends to love of neighbour; her lived hunger for God reflects her paradoxical thoughts on the Eucharist, in which she struggles to portray the 'right way' to salvation; and that her active receptivity is harmonious with a Christian conception of love. In the end, Weil was only human, and despite the saintliness attributed to her life and works, she struggled on her own path as how best to 'wait' for God.

The Case for Theological Veganism Amidst the Ecological Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

My undergraduate thesis for which I received a First Class mark

Drafts by Ruby R . Alemu

Conscious Subjects and Their Mental Lives: An Investigation of Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos" in Re-Examining Theological Dominion

Nagel, Consciousness, and Dominion, 2019

An Investigation of Francis' Call to a Universal Conversation: Intersectional Social Justice Perspectives

Intersectional Social Justice, Francis, and Universal Dialogue, 2019

Book Reviews by Ruby R . Alemu

Response to Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum

October, 2023

Report on behalf of Catholic Concern for Animals in response to Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortati... more

Talks by Ruby R . Alemu

Les Clameurs des Animaux (The Cries of the Animals)

June, 2023

This paper was given at "The Church and Animals: Christian Perspectives on Farm Animals" at Centr... more

Papers by Ruby R . Alemu

Les Clameurs des Animaux

Paper given at the "L’Eglise et les animaux : perspectives chrétiennes sur les animaux d’élevage"... more

Religious or Lived? Discussing the Metaphysics of Simone Weil

This essay details the nature of Simone Weil's metaphysical writings as properly 'religious'. Thi... more This essay details the nature of Simone Weil's metaphysical writings as properly 'religious'. This essay attends to this by considering Weil as responding to the human condition, and advocating a practical approach to her own thought. In the second section, the essay turns to ways in which Weil is a lived example of her own metaphysics, before moving to the final section in evaluating the paradoxical interrelationship of her musings-the paradoxical relationship between her life and her thought. Whilst only teetering on the edge between Christianity and atheism, Weil's spiritual path is evidently Christian for three major reasons: her solidarity with the affliction of others attends to love of neighbour; her lived hunger for God reflects her paradoxical thoughts on the Eucharist, in which she struggles to portray the 'right way' to salvation; and that her active receptivity is harmonious with a Christian conception of love. In the end, Weil was only human, and despite the saintliness attributed to her life and works, she struggled on her own path as how best to 'wait' for God.

The Case for Theological Veganism Amidst the Ecological Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

My undergraduate thesis for which I received a First Class mark

Conscious Subjects and Their Mental Lives: An Investigation of Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos" in Re-Examining Theological Dominion

Nagel, Consciousness, and Dominion, 2019

An Investigation of Francis' Call to a Universal Conversation: Intersectional Social Justice Perspectives

Intersectional Social Justice, Francis, and Universal Dialogue, 2019

Response to Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum

October, 2023

Report on behalf of Catholic Concern for Animals in response to Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortati... more

Les Clameurs des Animaux (The Cries of the Animals)

June, 2023

This paper was given at "The Church and Animals: Christian Perspectives on Farm Animals" at Centr... more

Les Clameurs des Animaux

Paper given at the "L’Eglise et les animaux : perspectives chrétiennes sur les animaux d’élevage"... more