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Karen King’s draft paper on Jesus’ wife, and the Harvard Divinity School’s web site on the subject, both have a minor grammatical problem: the English title given to the gospel fragment. They style it as The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife, … Continue reading
“Be the Change” — where did this saying come from?
“We must be the change we want to see in the world.” This is one of the most widely quoted sayings attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. But did Gandhi actually say this? In June 2009 I posted an article questioning whether … Continue reading
“Disciples” — coming this fall
My new book on vegetarianism in early Christianity, Disciples: How Jewish Christianity Shaped Jesus and Split the Church, will be published in the fall of 2012 by Apocryphile Press. A book about the disciples of Jesus would typically start with … Continue reading
The Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet
What revisions would I make to section III of A Vegetarian Sourcebook (AVS) on “Vegetarian Ethics,” if I were to rewrite it today? In this section, I took a historical approach to the “timeless issues” of a more philosophical nature. … Continue reading
The Ecology of a Natural Foods Diet
What revisions would I make to section II of A Vegetarian Sourcebook (AVS) on “Vegetarian Ecology,” if I were to rewrite it today? There are two levels of changes that I would make: first, updates to all the data I … Continue reading
The Nutrition of a Natural Foods Diet
A Vegetarian Sourcebook was first published in 1983. What revisions would I make to section I of A Vegetarian Sourcebook (AVS) on “Vegetarian Nutrition,” if I were to rewrite it today?
The Great Sourcebook Giveaway!
A Vegetarian Sourcebook: The Nutrition, Ecology, and Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet is now 28 years old. It is the book for which I am best known and has sold thousands of copies. And now, I’m giving away my … Continue reading
“Year of the Dog” — a good or a bad movie?
[Spoiler alert: in case you haven’t already seen the "Year of the Dog," this article totally gives away the plot.] “Year of the Dog” is a 2007 “dark comedy” about Peggy (played by Mollie Shannon), a young single woman and … Continue reading
The Crash Course
You can watch Chris Martenson’s free DVD, The Crash Course, online, and I often give away copies of it for free (which Martenson authorizes and encourages). It is the easiest and most painless way for me to explain why I’m … Continue reading
Lierre Keith and the Celebrated Pie Incident
I had been wading through Lierre Keith’s anti-vegetarian book The Vegetarian Myth, and taking notes to make a response, when I heard that some vegans had thrown pies in her face as she was trying to give a talk … Continue reading