Call to Compassion

Religious Perspectives on Animal Advocacy

By: Anthony J. Nocella II (Editor), Lisa Kemmerer

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Covering doctrine and the lived experience of the world's religious practitioners, Call to Compassion is a collection of stirring and passionate essays on the place of animals within the philosophical, cultural, and everyday milieus of spiritual practices both ancient and modern. From Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, through the Abrahamic traditions, to contemporary Wiccan and Native American spirituality, Call to Compassion charts the complex ways we interact with the world around us.

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Foreword	p. xiii
Preface: The Time Has Come	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Religions of Asia: Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Daoist Traditions
Indic Traditions and Animals: Imitation, Reincarnation, and Compassion	p. 15
Vaishnava Hinduism: Ahimsa and Vegetarianism	p. 27
International Society for Krishna Consciousness: Lord Krishna and the Animals	p. 37
The Jain Center of Southern California: Theory and Practice across Continents	p. 49
Buddhism and Animal Liberation: A Family of Sentient Beings	p. 61
Buddhist Reflections on Animal Advocacy: Intention and Liberation	p. 73
Daoism: From Meat Avoidance to Compassion-Based Vegetarianism	p. 83
Abrahamic Traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions
Judaism: Global Warming, Animal Products, and the Vegan Mandate	p. 107
Catholic Exemplars: Recent Popes, Medieval Saints, and Animal Liberation	p. 127
Christian Mysticism: Unity and Love for All	p. 137
A Society of Friends (Quaker-Christian) View: Prophets and the Hidden Paradise	p. 145
Christianity and Scapegoating: Understanding and Responding to Oppression	p. 161
Islam: Muhammad, Sacred Writings, and Animal Liberation	p. 171
Al-Hafiz B. A. Masri: Muslim, Scholar, Activist-Rebel with a Just Cause	p. 185
Ancient Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modern Wicca
Indigenous Peoples: Kinship and Killing	p. 199
Mother Earth and All Her Children	p. 215
Wiccan Spirituality and Animal Advocacy: Perfect Love and Perfect Trust	p. 225
Wicca, Ecofeminism, and Animal Advocacy: The Earth Path Less Traveled	p. 233
Appendix: Factory Farming and Fishing	p. 243
Notes	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 271
About The Contributors	p. 295
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