‘The Fools Argue about Flesh and Meat’: Sikhs and Vegetarianism

Starting from recent UK media reports relating to Sikhs and vegetarianism, this article examines practice in the langar (gurdwaras’ free food provision) before exploring earlier Sikh tradition (the scriptures, stories of the Gurus, and disciplinary codes) for religious guidance on meat-consumption....

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Main Author: Nesbitt, Eleanor ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2015
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-101
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Sikhism / Vegetarianism / Orthopraxie / Cultural identity / Religious literature
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B Sikhs
B Khalsa
B Diet
B vegetarian
B Halal
B Meat
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