Religious Vegetarianism
Subtitle: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama
Contributors: Kerry Walters (Editor); Lisa Portmess (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780791449721
Subjects: Spiritual life; Religious aspects; Ethics; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; Vegetarianism; Sociology of Religion; Comparative Religion; Animal Rights
Description: "...[This book] gathers writings that reflect devotional as well as more analytical responses to age-old questions of animal suffering, dietary practice, and human responsibility. These include writings from ancient Orphic and Pythagorean authors, writings that span centuries of Indian and Buddhist thought, and writings from the Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions..."--back cover.