Call to compassion
Subtitle: reflections on animal advocacy from the world's religions
By: edited by Lisa Kemmerer and Anthony J. Nocella, II.
Contributors: Kemmerer, Lisa.; Nocella, Anthony J.
Publisher: Lantern Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781590561829
Subjects: Animal welfare -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Indic traditions and animals : imitation, reincarnation, and compassion / Christopher Key Chapple; title: Vaishnava Hinduism: Ahimsa and vegetarianism / Steven J. Rosen; title: International Society for Krishna Consciousness : Lord Krishna and the animals / Krishna Kripa Dasa and Peter Alan Medley (Sarvabhauma Das); title: The Jain Center of Southern California : theory and practice across continents / Charlotte Laws; title: Buddhism and animal liberation : a family of sentient beings / Norm Phelps; title: Buddhist reflections on animal advocacy : intention and liberation / Matthew J. Walton; title: Daoism : from meat avoidance to compassion-based vegetarianism / Louis Komjathy; title: Judaism : global warming, animal products, and the vegan mandate / Richard H. Schwartz; title: Catholic exemplars : recent popes, medieval saints, and animal liberation / Judith Barad; title: Western mysticism : unity and love for all / Andrew Fitz-Gibbon; title: A Christian Quaker view : prophets and the hidden paradise / Gracia Fay Bouwman Ellwood; title: Christianity and scapegoating : understanding and responding to oppression / Stephan R. Kaufman; title: Islamic philosophy and animal advocacy : four integrated ecognitions / Nadeem Haque and Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri; title: Indigenous peoples : kinship and killing / Lisa Kemmerer; title: Mother earth and all her children / Linda G. Fisher; title: Wicca and animal advocacy : perfect love and perfect trust / Dianne Sylvan; title: Wicca, ecofeminism, and animal advocacy : the earth path less traveled / Fireweed; title: Appendix : factory farming and fishing / Lisa Kemmerer.