Good News for All Creation: Vegetarianism as Christian Stewardship [Paperback]

Stephen R. Kaufman (Author), Nathan Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2002

Christians believe that we are called to honor and serve God. Kaufman and Braun assert that moving toward a plant-based diet is a faithful way to serve God, because a plant-based diet helps avoid damage to God's earth, depletion of scarce resources, abuse of God's animals, squandering of food needed by the world's poor and hungry people, and harm to our bodies. This book is a primer for Christian vegetarians. It reviews the religious and secular bases for vegetarianism, and it provides practical advice on activism and on dealing with family and friends.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book offers sound advice about promoting vegetarianism among Christians, as well as up-to-date nutritional information. -- Richard Alan Young, 2002

[A} powerful testimony that becoming vegetarian strengthens one's Christian beliefs and one's personal witness of Christ's compassion. -- Keith Akers, 2002

About the Author

Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D. is a physician who has written extensively about animal experimentation and dietary issues. Nathan Braun is founder of the Christian Vegetarian Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Vegetarian Advocates Press/Lantern Books (August 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971667608
• ISBN-13: 978-0971667600
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #902,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Richly detailed with information- a great read., July 13, 2006

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Theresa A. First "yellow daisy" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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I would absolutely recommend this book. It is a beautifully crafted, well-versed book that reads like a novel, but is full of information and facts to fuel your soul's mission on earth. The author combines the words of Christ, as written in the Bible, with facts and figures to communicate a strong message- do as Jesus did, and love thy neighbor- animals included!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to faith-based vegetarianism, January 2, 2009

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P. Strindlund (Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This book is an excellent introduction to faith-based vegetarianism. "The Bible is God's handbook for our lives," the authors claim, making it ideal for Bible-oriented Christians. They also give good advice for how to promote Christian vegetarianism. A useful and well-written book.

11 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book would be great if its theology were better., April 10, 2008

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K. A. Snyder (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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Despite the often poor theology in this book, I was devouring it ravenously and planning to recommend it highly, especially to the many meat eaters I know. I had let go the statistic regarding animal extinction "before humans existed", although I did not understand how the authors could reference Creation and Eden and then speak as an evolutionist would.

The part that made me close the book and put it down for good, however, was the suggestion that when it was "not good for the man to be alone", the animals were the helper God provided for Adam. This helper is clearly woman. Adam had already surveyed God's animal creation and not found one like himself. This misinterpretation was too blatant to be overlooked.

Although a vegetarian diet ranks highly on my list of appropriate Christian behavior, belief in the Creation (which includes a mere few days before humans existed and NO extinction), and Christian marriage (which was instituted when God created Eve as a helper for Adam) ranks much more highly.

If the authors cannot be trusted to correctly interpret exceedingly clear and widely understood Scripture passages, their interpretation of much cloudier statistics certainly must be drawn into question.