Wednesday, 17 July 2013

'Jesus and Vegetarianism: A Foolish Fancy' (1933 debate)

A correspondence between Henry S. Salt and religious critics which was published in the Vegetarian Society journal between September and November 1933. Salt's original letter and response appear here and here . I am indebted to an anonymous contributor for sharing some notable insight into the intellectual life of the Rev. D. Martin Dakin. See also: 'The Vegetarian Society and the Bible'

Sunday, 14 July 2013

The Rev. Walter Walsh, D.D.

From the 'Vegetarian Portrait Gallery' series which featured in The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (February 1930 edition)

Monday, 24 June 2013

'Humane Education' By The Rev. A.M. Mitchell, M.A. (1906)

Excerpts from a booklet which was written during parliamentary amendments to the Education Act of 1902. The author sought to expand public debate beyond general religious and financial considerations in his capacity as a local education official and member of the Order of the Golden Age.

Thursday, 16 May 2013

'A Vegetarian Missionary'

From The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (May 1946)

Monday, 29 April 2013

'Missions in China'

From The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (January 1915) See: 'The Chinese Vegetarian Vow'

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Quotation: Ronald Lightowler (1951)

"It is no use just praying for an ideal state of society to appear on earth unless we are prepared to bring the pattern of our own lives into harmony with it." From 'The Vegetarian Testimony'- an article published in The Vegetarian News (Autumn 1951 edition) See also: 'Christians and Vegetarianism'

Friday, 22 March 2013

'Religious Indifference'

An early warning of mass-starvation overseas from the London Vegetarian Society. Published in The Vegetarian News (Summer 1951 edition)