Vegetarisme dan agama

Thali vegetarian dari Rajasthan, India. Sejak sejumlah agama-agama di India mempromosikan vegetarianisme, masakan India sering menghidangkan berbagai hidangan vegetarian.

Vegetarianism memiliki keterkaitan yang kuat dengan sejumlah agama yang berasal dari India kuno (Jainisme, Hinduisme dan Buddhisme). Dalam Jainisme, vegetarianisme berlaku bagi setiap orang; dalam Hinduisme dan Buddha Mahayana, vegetarianisme dilakukan oleh beberapa orang atau otoritas keagamaan. Sementara itu, dalam agama Abrahamik (Yudaisme, Kristen dan Islam) dan dalam Sikhisme, vegetarianisme tidak dipromosikan oleh otoritas secara menyeluruh, meskipun dalam seluruh kepercayaan tersebut terdapat kelompok kecil yang aktif mempromosikan vegetarianisme pada lingkungan keagamaan.

Bacaan tambahan

• Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by: Kerry Walters; Lisa Portmess
• Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions (2012) ISBN 978-0-19-979068-5
• Phelps, Norm (2004). The Great Compassion: Buddhism & Animal Rights. New York: Lantern Books. ISBN 1-59056-069-8. 
• Roberta Kalechofsky, Rabbis and Vegetarianism: An Evolving Tradition. (Micah Publications. Massachusetts, 1995. ISBN 0-916288-42-0.)
• Richard H. Schwartz, Judaism and Vegetarianism. (Lantern Books. New York, 2001. ISBN 1-930051-24-7.)
• Richard Alan Young, Is God a Vegetarian? (Carus Publishing Company. Chicago, 1999. ISBN 0-8126-9393-0.)
• Rynn Berry, Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism & the World's Religions (Pythagorean Publishers. May 1998. 978-096261692.1)
• Steven J. Rosen, Diet for Transcendence (formerly published as Food for the Spirit): Vegetarianism and the World Religions, foreword by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Badger, California: Torchlight Books, 1997)
• Steven J. Rosen, Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights (New York: Lantern Books, 2004)

Pranala luar

• Buddhist Resources on Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare Diarsipkan 2012-09-11 di Wayback Machine.
• Rennets and religion Diarsipkan 2014-07-14 di Wayback Machine. The use of rennet in Abrahamic religions
• Christian Vegetarian Association
• The Order of the Golden Age – historical Food Reform and the Churches
• The Fellowship of Life archive of British activism since the 1970s
• The Word of Wisdom: the Forgotten Verses A discussion of Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) beliefs and vegetarian principles Diarsipkan 2015-05-12 di Wayback Machine.
• Jewish Encyclopedia: Vegetarianism
• The Vegetarian Mitzvah
• ShalomVeg
• What Gives Us the Right to Kill Animals? - A Jewish view on Vegetarianism chabad.org
• Islamic Concerns: Animals in Islam Diarsipkan 2014-01-04 di Wayback Machine.
• Fools Who Wrangle Over Flesh Diarsipkan 2006-06-30 di Wayback Machine. for a technical Perspektif Sikh
• Shabkar.org Vegetarianism and Buddhism
• Buddhist Vegetarian Diarsipkan 2007-10-10 di Wayback Machine. Tibetan Buddhism and vegetarian diet.
• Can Sikhs Eat Meat? Diarsipkan 2010-10-10 di Wayback Machine.
• Sikh History on Diet
• Sikh Scholar Views on Diet