Vegetarisme dan agama

Vegetarianism memiliki keterkaitan yang kuat dengan sejumlah agama yang berasal dari India kuno (Jainisme, Hinduisme dan Buddhisme). Dalam Jainisme, vegetarianisme berlaku bagi setiap orang; dalam Hinduisme dan Buddha Mahayana, vegetarianisme dilakukan oleh beberapa orang atau otoritas keagamaan. Sementara itu, dalam agama Abrahamik (Yudaisme, Kristen dan Islam) dan dalam Sikhisme, vegetarianisme tidak dipromosikan oleh otoritas secara menyeluruh, meskipun dalam seluruh kepercayaan tersebut terdapat kelompok kecil yang aktif mempromosikan vegetarianisme pada lingkungan keagamaan.

Lihat pula 

 Vegetarisme Jain
 Vegetarisme Buddhis
 Vegetarianisme Yahudi
 Vegetarisme Kristen

Referensi

Bacaan tambahan 
 Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by: Kerry Walters; Lisa Portmess
 Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions (2012) ISBN 978-0-19-979068-5
 
 Roberta Kalechofsky, Rabbis and Vegetarianism: An Evolving Tradition. (Micah Publications. Massachusetts, 1995. ISBN 0-916288-42-0.)
 Richard H. Schwartz, Judaism and Vegetarianism. (Lantern Books. New York, 2001. ISBN 1-930051-24-7.)
 Richard Alan Young, Is God a Vegetarian? (Carus Publishing Company. Chicago, 1999. ISBN 0-8126-9393-0.)
 Rynn Berry, Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism & the World's Religions (Pythagorean Publishers. May 1998. 978-096261692.1)
 Steven J. Rosen, Diet for Transcendence (formerly published as Food for the Spirit): Vegetarianism and the World Religions, foreword by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Badger, California: Torchlight Books, 1997)
 Steven J. Rosen, Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights (New York: Lantern Books, 2004)

Pranala luar 

 Buddhist Resources on Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare 
 Rennets and religion  The use of rennet in Abrahamic religions
 Christian Vegetarian Association
 The Order of the Golden Age – historical Food Reform and the Churches
 The Fellowship of Life archive of British activism since the 1970s
 The Word of Wisdom: the Forgotten Verses A discussion of Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) beliefs and vegetarian principles 
 Jewish Encyclopedia: Vegetarianism
 The Vegetarian Mitzvah
 ShalomVeg
 What Gives Us the Right to Kill Animals? - A Jewish view on Vegetarianism chabad.org
 Islamic Concerns: Animals in Islam 
 Fools Who Wrangle Over Flesh  for a technical Perspektif Sikh
 Shabkar.org Vegetarianism and Buddhism
 Buddhist Vegetarian  Tibetan Buddhism and vegetarian diet.
 Can Sikhs Eat Meat? 
 Sikh History on Diet
 Sikh Scholar Views on Diet