The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living & Nonviolence In Early Christianity by Keith Akers Lantern Books (128 2nd Place, Garden Suite Brooklyn, NY 11231), 2001. 260 pages, paperback. $20.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Denver vegetarian advocate Keith Akers, perhaps best known for compiling A Vegetarian Sourcebook (1983), earned his B.A. in philosophy in 1970 at […]
Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change & Inequality:
On Care for Our Common Home Melville House Publishers, Brooklyn & London, July 2015. 165 pages, with notes. $14.95. Reviewed by Eric Mills, founder & coordinator, Action for Animals (afa@mcn.org) The British newspaper The Guardian called Pope Francis’ Enclycical on Climate Change & Inequality “The most astonishing and perhaps the most ambitious papal document […]
South Korean activists protest against eating dogs during Papal visit
In South Korea, not only are many Catholic priests fans of dog meat, they often encourage their congregation to go out and eat dog meat and even sell dog meat at their church bazaars. Fed up with their hypocrisy, members of several animal rights groups in South Korea protested on August 18, 2014 when […]