Friday, 30 March 2012
'Edicts of the Eastern Orthodox Church' (1970)
From an article by Leo Doro of St. Sergius Russian Theological Academy. 'Eastern Orthodox Tradition Examined' was published in The British Vegetarian (November/December 1970).
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Quotation: Mahatma Gandhi (1921)
"I claim to know and feel the truths of the essential teaching of the scriptures. I decline to be bound by any interpretation, however learned it may be, if it is repugnant to reason or moral sense."
Reprinted in The Vegetarian News (Winter 1954) from Mahatma Gandhi by Radhakrishnan (G. Allen & Unwin, 1939)
Reprinted in The Vegetarian News (Winter 1954) from Mahatma Gandhi by Radhakrishnan (G. Allen & Unwin, 1939)
Thursday, 22 March 2012
'Was Jesus a Vegetarian?' by John Davies
A robust critique of a perennial controversy among vegetarian Christians from The Vegetarian News (Winter 1955)
Friday, 16 March 2012
'Some notes on Fasting'
A detailed appraisal of the practice in England since the 15th Century which appeared in The Vegetarian dated April 13, 1901
Friday, 9 March 2012
'The Prophet of the Ideal' (1899)
Peace by William Strutt (1825-1915) eventually resurfaced in Christian Vegetarian Association promotional materials.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection advert (1959)
An apocryphal concept of Christian ethics which was later advocated by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The S.S.P.V. evolved into Animal Advocates and eventually, Onekind.
From The British Vegetarian (November/December 1959)
Monday, 27 February 2012
Quotation: Frances Pearson (1962)
"God has given us the dignity of being able to co-operate with Him from choice - not from compulsion. Our efforts may be infinitely small - but they are infinitely worthwhile - because they are in tune with life."
From The Vegan (Autumn 1962 edition)
The entire archive of Vegan Society journals has recently been digitized and made available at: http://www.vegansociety.com/resources/magazine/Back-issues.aspx
Highlights include the inspirational story of the Beauty Without Cruelty company by Lady Muriel Dowding (Summer 1962) and an authoritative history of the early Vegan movement by Society founder, Donald Watson (Autumn 1965).
From The Vegan (Autumn 1962 edition)
The entire archive of Vegan Society journals has recently been digitized and made available at: http://www.vegansociety.com/resources/magazine/Back-issues.aspx
Highlights include the inspirational story of the Beauty Without Cruelty company by Lady Muriel Dowding (Summer 1962) and an authoritative history of the early Vegan movement by Society founder, Donald Watson (Autumn 1965).
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