Saturday 27 March 2010

Henry Salt on the Bible and Vegetarianism



An interesting assessment of moral theology within the Food Reform movement which obliquely refers to the Rev. Gideon J. Ouseley (author of The Gospel of the Holy Twelve).

From the memoir Company I Have Kept, Allen & Unwin, 1930

See also: 'Bible and Beef' by Henry S. Salt and 'The Vegetarian Society and the Bible'

Friday 19 March 2010

'Friends and Vegetarianism' (1944)



The Friends' Vegetarian Society is the oldest surviving Christian fellowship of its kind, having been founded in 1902. The society has published at least eight tracts in the course of its history and their newsletter has recently been revived - contact the F.V.S. c/o Bal Saini for subscription details at 176 Stoney Lane, Sparkhill, Birmingham B12 8AN.

The above text is the original source of a FVS leaflet which is reproduced with the kind permission of the Friend magazine.

See also: 'Vegetarian Society overture to Quakers' (1880)