{"product_id":"religious-vegetarianism-kerry-s-walters-9780791449721","title":"Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of writings on vegetarianism from a wide range of religious traditions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStretching back more than two thousand years and spanning diverse traditions, religious vegetarianism has an ancient and rich history. In this book, Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess gather 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. Interesting both to those well-versed in the literature of vegetarianism as well as to others encountering it for the first time, are tensions within traditions over the use of animals for food-whether such use is consonant with fundamental values of the faith, whether religious law or tradition requires vegetarian practice, and what place animals are thought to hold in the order of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry S. Walters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791449726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791449721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 5.97w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2001 pg. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 898","brand":"Kerry S. Walters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438008479999,"sku":"9780791449721","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99fbfeff-f479-4c41-8a23-a23810817691.jpg?v=1777168175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religious-vegetarianism-kerry-s-walters-9780791449721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}